List Iterator help

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It was around 10 years ago when I last used FinalBuilder. I have some tedious manual tasks that I want to automate. I got it working with just one file. I went through the help docs, but didn’t find anything that answered my question.

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I’m using a variable called “FileName” to store the root/base file name. I have several files with the same base name but different extensions.
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I created a new project with the List Iterator.

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I’m using the “FileName” variable to store the current item in the list.

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I see the iterator working, but it is not passing the current value to the FileName variable. I feel like I’m missing something obvious, but for the life of me, I can’t tell what it is. I suspect it has to do with the variable’s scope. I tried different combinations, but no dice. The FileName variable is set as a project variable.

Do I need to set the FileName variable to “Make Env.,” “IsMacro,” or “Persistent?” Something else?

Thanks!

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It’s hard to say for sure without seeing the project file, but it looks to me like you need to set Macro to true on the variables that depend on %FileName% - that ensures that it’s default value expression is re-evaluated every time the variable is referenced.