Sue
I think we are all self-taught. Some of us have simply taken longer to learn
things.
;-)
Stephen
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"As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as
easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered. I
can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life
from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs." --
Maurice Wilkes
On Feb 5, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Sue wrote:
> Okay, thank you! Somehow in working through this, I figured out what I was
> doing wrong.
> I didn't have the Set Variable portion of the script set up correctly.
> Now it is working! The ability to let any user save a pdf to their desktop is
> great.
> It is going to save me a lot of work.
>
> Thanks for your patience with this self-taught
> filemaker user who is clearly still learning. : )
>
> Sue
>
> On Feb 5, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Stephen Wonfor wrote:
>
>> Sue
>>
>> Sometimes it can help to prepend "filemac:" or "filewin:" to the output path.
>>
>> eg. This is a bit long winded perhaps but it is a simple cut and paste
>> between scripts and is easy to debug.
>>
>> Set Variable [ $FileName; Value:"Application_Status.pdf" ] // I always
>> include the expected file extension
>> Set Variable [ $FilePath; Value:Get ( DocumentsPath ) ]
>> Set Variable [ $Platform; Value:"file" & Choose ( Abs ( Get ( SystemPlatform
>> ) ) ; "1"; "mac:" ; "win:" ) ]
>> Set Variable [ $Output; Value:$Platform & $FilePath & $FileName ]
>> Save Records as PDF [ File Name: “$Output”; Automatically open; Records
>> being browsed ]
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> "I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the
>> world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces." --- Daniel J.
>> Bernstein
>>
>> On Feb 5, 2010, at 1:11 PM, Sue wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I posted this question before and got a couple of helpful replies,
>>> which I sincerely appreciate.
>>>
>>>
>>> However, for the life of me, I can not get the
>>> solutions suggested to work.
>>>
>>> Using the exact method below, I get the following message:
>>> "$file_name" can not be created on this disk.
>>> Use a different name, make more room on the disk,
>>> unlock it or use a different disk."
>>>
>>> I am really unsure what is wrong as I can specify my desktop
>>> as the file path in the script where you specify the filepath,
>>> and use the same filename for the pdf, and it works fine--no error.
>>>
>>> That suggests that my $fiel_name is generating an incorrect filepath,
>>> but when I compare the filepath generated by the calculation,
>>> to the one generated when I just select a file on my desktop,
>>> they are the identical.
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Thank you for any help.
>>>
>>> Sue
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 6, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Jeff Almquist wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Sue,
>>>>
>>>> I accomplish this by first setting a variable ("$file_name"), with the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>> Case ( Abs ( Get ( SystemPlatform ) ) = 1 ; "filemac:" ; "filewin:" ) &
>>>> Get ( DesktopPath ) & your_file_name_calculated_from_record_data
>>>>
>>>> Then I just use that "$file_name" variable as the "Output File Path List"
>>>> in the "Specify output file" setting of both the initial "Save Records as
>>>> PDF" step and any subsequent "Save Records as PDF" steps when I want to
>>>> "Append to existing PDF".
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 6, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Sue wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have written some scripts that have a "Save Records as PDF" step and
>>>>> subsequent steps that also have the "Save Records as PDF" with the
>>>>> "Append to existing pdf" option selected.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am able to use the script if I set the Specify Output File to a
>>>>> specific file name on a specific computer, but I need multiple users
>>>>> (using the file via Filemaker Server) to be able to use the script and
>>>>> have the generated pdf saved to the desktops on their own computers, and
>>>>> have the "append to existing pdf" steps then save to the file that was
>>>>> created on their computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect there is a way to do this without individually identifying all
>>>>> their computers as options in the Specify Output File.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this, or refer me to a web page that
>>>>> explains how to do this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks very much for any help!
>>>>>
>>>>> Sue
