# Nice little new feature: path conversion

**URL:** https://the.fmsoup.org/t/nice-little-new-feature-path-conversion/1075
**Category:** Bobino's
**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/nice-little-new-feature-path-conversion/1075 "2020-06-12T01:36:18Z")
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### Author: ![Bobino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/bobino/32/194_2.png) [@Bobino](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Bobino)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/nice-little-new-feature-path-conversion/1075/1 "2020-06-12T01:36:18Z")

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FM19 introduced 2 new functions:

[ConvertFromFileMakerPath](https://help.claris.com/en/pro-help/index.html#page/FMP_Help%2Fconvert-from-filemaker-path.html%23)

[ConvertToFileMakerPath](https://help.claris.com/en/pro-help/index.html#page/FMP_Help%2Fconvert-to-filemaker-path.html%23)

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### Author: ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/nice-little-new-feature-path-conversion/1075/2 "2020-06-12T01:46:46Z")

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I'm already using them in ad hoc situations.

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### Author: ![anon45965781](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@anon45965781](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/anon45965781)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/nice-little-new-feature-path-conversion/1075/3 "2020-06-12T10:40:15Z")

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For those folks doing services, most APIs totally abstract (hide) the file path directions ("/" vs ""), so you never need to worry about Windows or Linux/Unix path types. Therefore, no function/method is necessary in those external service situations.

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### Author: ![MonkeybreadSoftware](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/monkeybreadsoftware/32/361_2.png) [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/nice-little-new-feature-path-conversion/1075/4 "2020-06-12T10:48:36Z")

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Please notice that PosixPath is 1, WinPath is 2 and URLPath is 3.

If you use those functions in a Let Statement, please notice that your own defined variables take precedence and you can define your own variable named WinPath for example.