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Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export

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In article <lc9c8a$ean$3@news.motzarella.org>, Howard Schlossberg
<howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> wrote:

> On 1/28/2014 1:47 PM, Tom E wrote:
> > I see the output to put the file name in the Specify Output box - but not
> > sure how to script the current date to each file that I export?
> >
> > On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:32:40 PM UTC-5, Tom E wrote:
> >> Version FM12
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Still having issues creating a script that puts the current date in a file
> >> name. The current script I have saves the export to a PDF.  When you
> >> specify the output file name in Specify Output File I don't see any other
> >> options?
> 
> 
> Set Variable [ $filePath ;
>     get(desktopPath) & "MyFile_" &
>     Let( dt = get(currentdate);
>        year(x) &
>        right("00" & month(x); 2) &
>        right("00" & day(x); 2)
>     ) & ".ext"
> ]
> 
> Save as PDF [ $filePath ]

I haven't used the Let function, so I'm not sure, but is there a typo
there? Should the "x" in the three date functions be "dt"?

Helpful Harry   :o)

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Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Tom E <tevanoff65@gmail.com> - 2014-01-28 09:32 -0800
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export clkaufmann@gmx.ch (Christoph Kaufmann) - 2014-01-28 20:12 +0100
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Tom E <tevanoff65@gmail.com> - 2014-01-28 13:47 -0800
    Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2014-01-28 14:50 -0800
      Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2014-01-29 13:08 +1300
        Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2014-01-28 20:18 -0800
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Tom E <tevanoff65@gmail.com> - 2014-01-29 10:25 -0800
    Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export JayBee <Jennifer_Beecroft@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-30 02:02 -0800
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Tom E <tevanoff65@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 18:44 -0800
    Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2014-03-05 20:47 -0800
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Tom E <tevanoff65@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 10:30 -0800
    Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2014-03-06 10:49 -0800
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Tom E <tevanoff65@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 10:44 -0800
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Tom E <tevanoff65@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 10:47 -0800
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Tom E <tevanoff65@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 11:17 -0800
    Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2014-03-06 12:49 -0800
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export Tom E <tevanoff65@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 11:28 -0800
  Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export jesusruiz@macfix.mobi - 2016-05-23 21:30 -0700

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