Thanks for the advice... and it is working ;)

I am using a serial number to track the PDF´s and store them in a separate 
file. But I also had an other issue which I might need to clarify.

"It would also be nice to be able to save the PDF's in a designated folder 
on the MacMini. "

The MacMini is a server and I cannot figure a way to save the PDF´s on it, 
I can only save it on my computer.

Any ideas?

Regards, Aki







From:
"Richard S. Russell" <[email protected]>
To:
[email protected]
Date:
10.11.2011 14:58
Subject:
Re: PDF into a container field, email it and save on a disk - all within 
the same script?




On 2011 Nov 10, at 4:47, Aki Armann Jonsson wrote:

Dear all. 

Is there a way to generate a PDF(invoices) and place it into a container 
field and send it in an email as an attachment, all within the same 
script? 

I am working in Filemaker 11v4 on a Mac and all the files are being served 
from Filemaker server 11 on a MacMini. It is a multi-user solution. 

It would also be nice to be able to save the PDF's in a designated folder 
on the MacMini. 


with regards fro  sunny Iceland :) 

Aki Armann Jonsson 
Director 
Environment Agency of Iceland


Corn Walker's advice is sound.

I just want to tack on an addendum about making sure that you think your 
way thru the process of organizing your output PDF files within the 
folders in your operating system's file-storage hierarchy. Ideally, you'd 
like to have a reliable, consistent place to which such files can be 
written (and from which they can be retrieved), and it should be a 
location that's accessible to everyone who needs them. You should also 
have a file-naming convention that's widely understood and serves to 
adequately distinguish the PDF files from each other. Thinking these 
things thru in advance will pay dividends over the long run.

These are not directly FMP issues, but they certainly affect how 
efficiently your FMP database system will operate.

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