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

[Ernest Cunningham]

Ohh, the reason why i suggest this method as opposed to telling you  
how to create a correct path is it does not require any volumes to be  
mounted etc and not reliant on where the FileMaker Pro user is around  
the world.


Kind regards,

Ernest Cunningham

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   Ernest Cunningham
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On 8/10/2008, at 3:06 PM, Roger Moffat wrote:

> 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
>
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