Name of EPS file

Hi
I am printing from Oracle Forms. I am able to set the printer name using DESNAME. Is there any possibility of naming the .eps file as I wish to use the name in some pre-printing processing? At the moment it seems like the filename is a series of numbers but they don't seem sequential and I do not see any other parameters in SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY that would enable me to change the name.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Trevor

Hi Skullmaker, thanks for taking the time to reply. It is certainly very kind of you. However, there is most definitely a problem. I am pretty familiar with Illustrator and I know how to "repair" broken image Iinks. The problem stems from the linked image file name being in Japanese. For some reason, when I open the AI to which the images are linked, the AI file doesn't look for the Japanese file name, but instead reproduces some garbled name for the file.
Now, if the AI file only had two or three eps files linked to it, I could simply "repair" the links using a method or trial and error. It would (hopefully) be apparent which of the linked images belonged in each space. However, I have several AI files to work with, each of which has several eps files linked to it with Japanese characters in the name.Trial and error would be nearly impossible.
Today I was able to get PDF versions of the AI files from my counterpart in Japan. Therefore I can at least use the PDF file to tell which images belong in which spot. Now it is just a matter of renaming all of the eps files and then "repairing" the links. A time consuming task for sure, but not impossible.
I would still love to figure out a more elegant solution . . . or, if there isn't one, I would be somewhat satisified to hear that from someone from Adobe.
I do think the jpg I attached to my earlier reply pretty clearly demonstrates the problem. However, perhaps I have over estimated my communication skills.

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