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

[Roger Moffat]

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. 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.

My configuration is 2 machine - one running the Web Publishing Engine,  
and the web sites, the other running FM Server 9.0v3.

I'd like the PDF file saved to the machine running the WPE, and indeed  
this works if I log into the database from FM Pro on the WPE machine.  
But if I log into the database from any other machine it won't save  
the file.

The error message says:

"MGCDelegates.pdf" 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've given the folder it's writing into 777 permissions and that  
didn't work. I've tried using the IP number/pathToFolder, I've tried  
using afp://pathToFolder etc etc and nothing I try works.

Or alternatively if I could figure out how to have it saved to a  
folder on the FileMaker Server machine, from where I can move it with  
a Folder Action script to the WPE machine I'm sure. But I can't figure  
out how to do that either.

I must confess to being not entirely sure what the various file:  
file:/, filemac, filewin etc protocols are exactly about, but I've  
tried a number of ways to get this to work, and just can't figure it  
out.

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?

Thanks for any insights

Cheers

Roger