[FX.php List] [OFF] Saving a PDF file to a Server

[Ernest Cunningham]

On 8/10/2008, at 3:28 PM, Tim 'Webko' Booth wrote:

> Dear Roger,
>
>> Sorry for a post that's not really on the topic of FX.php, although  
>> this database is web enabled for presentation of the data, but is  
>> only edited through FileMaker Pro.

All editing is done via FileMaker Pro and I assume the script he  
indicates they are running after records have been edited is while the  
users are editing the file in FileMaker Pro itself.

>> I sent this post to the FMWebTalk list some hours ago, but didn't  
>> get it back yet, nor have there been any messages there in many  
>> weeks...
>>
>> I've got a database I've setup working pretty well. It allows users  
>> to log in and make changes to the database which is hosted on FM  
>> Server 9.0v3. There are some web pages which draw data from this  
>> database for presentation online.
>>
>> I'd like for the remote users to be able to run a script after  
>> they've updated records. The script does a find, sort and then  
>> create a PDF file of the results, which I want people to be able to  
>> download.
>>
>> But I can't figure out how to have the "Save Records as PDF" script  
>> step save the file to a predetermined folder on a server.
>
> It's not a web-compatible script step.
>>
>>
>> So - is what I'm trying to do possible even - to have a script that  
>> is initiated from within FileMaker Pro save a PDF file to either of  
>> the FileMaker Server machine or to the WPE machine? If so, how  
>> exactly would I set this up?
>
> You'll need to get a pdf creator class to play with the FileMaker  
> data and create the pdf....
>
> Cheers
>
> Webko
>
>
>
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