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From: Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com>
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Subject: Re: Need Help - Current Date in the File Name when export
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:08:26 +1300
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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)