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Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3

From Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.kirk@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.databases.filemaker
Subject Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3
Date 2014-01-30 10:45 +0100
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JayBee schreef op 30-1-2014 9:34:
> Thanks Howard
>
> I've done that, so I've now defined two variables in preceding script steps as follows:
>
> $filename = TableName::FieldName & Get ( CurrentTimeStamp )
> $filepath = "filewin://servername/foldername/" & $filename
>
> In the output file path dialog box of the save records as pdf I have simply typed:
> $filepath
>
> Unfortunately, I still get the same error message: "filename" could not be created on this disk.  Use a different name, make more room on the disk, unlock it or use a different disk."
>
> I hope we can be helped further!
>
> :-)
>

The timestamp can create all kind of problems because it contains spaces 
and colons (:).

Because of the spaces you might need the filepath contained by parenthis 
("\"filewin://.../.../" & $filename & "\"")

And because : are part of prohibited signs, they need to be avoided (or 
replaced)

-- 
met vriendelijke groeten,
Erik Appeldoorn

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Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 JayBee <Jennifer_Beecroft@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-29 07:36 -0800
  Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2014-01-29 08:48 -0800
    Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 JayBee <Jennifer_Beecroft@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-30 00:34 -0800
      Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 clkaufmann@gmx.ch (Christoph Kaufmann) - 2014-01-30 10:11 +0100
      Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.kirk@gmail.com> - 2014-01-30 10:45 +0100
  Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 JayBee <Jennifer_Beecroft@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-30 02:19 -0800
    Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.kirk@gmail.com> - 2014-01-30 11:58 +0100
      Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 JayBee <Jennifer_Beecroft@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-30 08:47 -0800
        Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.kirk@gmail.com> - 2014-01-31 11:09 +0100
          Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.kirk@gmail.com> - 2014-01-31 11:18 +0100
            Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 JayBee <Jennifer_Beecroft@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-11 04:55 -0800
              Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.kirk@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 15:21 +0100
    Re: Save As PDF Script Step in FMPro Advanced 11.0v3 clkaufmann@gmx.ch (Christoph Kaufmann) - 2014-01-30 12:10 +0100

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