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

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

I wrote a script that generates the PDF on the web server, and writes
the full URI back to FileMaker, for browsing through WebViewer.

ggt

2008/10/8 Roger Moffat <rogerkiwi at mac.com>:
>
> On Oct 8, 2008, at 12:37 AM, Roger Moffat wrote:
>
>> I "think" I have it running OK now. Using your hint of Get (Temporary Path
>> ) which showed me just exactly what the format of a path that FileMaker was
>> expecting to see looked like, I've got the Database now writing out the file
>> onto the FM Server machine into a folder there (not the temp folder now) and
>> then put an automator action onto that folder to copy the file from there to
>> the Mac with the Web Publishing Engine and Apache server on it. This seems
>> to work.
>>
>> (Perhaps with more trial and error I could figure out how to write it
>> directly to the Apache server machine assuming it was mounted as an afp
>> volume on the FM Server machine) but it's very late now.
>>
>> I tried the container field suggestion, and that worked too within the
>> database, but since I'm actually using BlackBelt for the web stuff I
>> couldn't figure out how to get that called as a link on a page to see the
>> PDF file.
>>
>> From one Kiwi (in Michigan) to another
>>
>> Thanks!!!!!!
>
> Well I spoke too soon - the light of day has revealed why it worked last
> night, but now wouldn't work this morning...
>
> It only works if the computer I have the database open in FileMaker Pro from
> is also connected to the database server by AFP. If I'm not connected by
> FileSharing to the FM Server computer, then I can't write the PDF file out
> to that machine.
>
> I can't write it to the temppath since I get told there aren't enough
> permissions - that folder us UID 305, and when viewed in the Finder and is
> unreadable by the Admin user of the computer.
>
> For the remote Windows users it seems like all they can do is generate the
> PDF file and then handle a dialog box that lets them save the PDF file to
> THEIR computer.
>
> It seems like such an everyday thing to be able to have the FM Server
> generate a PDF file which can then be saved onto that server automatically,
> but unless I'm missing something I'm completely stumped.
>
>
> Roger
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