Re: Getting FMP to print to .ps via AppleScript
Re: Getting FMP to print to .ps via AppleScript
- Subject: Re: Getting FMP to print to .ps via AppleScript
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:57:45 +0000
I get this error message from the Finder:
Finder got an error: Can't set file "PDF:Tool Bar Dock.pdf" to
"Annual Data-1.pdf". [Error -10006}.
In Script Editor, +set the name of theknownPath to newName & ".pdf";
is highlighted when the error message displays.
Oz
At 11:11 -0700 10/2/03, David Crowe wrote:
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Oz;
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What error are you getting? Is it from FileMaker or the Finder. I
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modified it for my purposes, and it seemed to work fine.
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set theKnownPath to "+In Basket+:NewName.pdf"
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tell application "FileMaker Pro" to set the newName to cell "Source
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Filename" of current record
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tell application "Finder" to set the name of file theKnownPath to
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newName & ".pdf"
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I'm a little suspicious of the "-1" inside the name of the cell...
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- David Crowe
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At 4:54 PM +0000 2/10/03, email@hidden wrote:
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>>If you can't get the filename exactly what you want, why don't you
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>>go with the flow, let FMP create the wrong file name and then just
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>>copy or move the file to the name and place that you want it to be?
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>>- David Crowe
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>Amazingly, I am working on that aspect just now - but again I can't
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>get this to work either as Applescript called from FMP or from
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>AppleScript Editor. My script is, from FMP :
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>Set theKnownPath to "PDF:Tool Bar Dock.pdf"
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>(--ie FMP's usual generic name; also saves as "Untitled")
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>tell application "FileMaker Developer" to set the newName to cell
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>"Applescript Name Annual Extract-1" of current record
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>tell application "Finder" to set the name of file theKnownPath to
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>newName & ".pdf"
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>What am I doing wrong?
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>Thanks for any help
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>Oz
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