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

[Tim 'Webko' Booth]

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. 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