PDFs

Alright...if I run a find script and then save the list of the found records in a PDF format... How can I then script to continue with the next step of sending that PDF out without stopping the script? Again, thanks... Dr.L

As my last 2 topics indicated, I've been struggling with creating a pdf file, inserting it for display on a layout, and then attaching it to a 'send mail' script step. After getting it all to work in my scripts, I created the runtime and sent to my beta site. In the runtime on both MACs and PCs, the 'save pdf' script step does not work - 'Save records as pdf has been canceled'..... What's different in the runtime that causes this failure? What can be done about it, if anything (I hope!). TIA

Hello, Do you happen to know any way to be able to export to pdf in IWP ? I know the exporting to pdf function is not web compatible. But I searched a bit and I found two ways: - FM Robot: just dedicate a machine to run an apple script all the time. The script checks for certain fields in loop until it finds its trigger and then the script exports to pdf and uploads the file to a container; the user then downloads the pdf from the container which is available online. - FM server: I forgot about this method but I remember that that script I spoke about above can be done in the FM server (not sure if advanced version is required) Do you know a…

I have a large and complex database that uses only Helvetica, Ariel, and Lucida Grande, and was developed on a Mac. Has worked great on Macs & PC's for a couple of years. Now that they are getting new Windows 7 machines, all looks great until my script creates a PDF file to email or fax, I get an error that there are some fonts not licensed for embedding! So the PDF is completely void of text! It appears that the PC dosn't have Helvetica or at least not the same one. Where can I find the PC versions that match the Mac versions? Adobe does not have Ariel or Lucida Grande. Is there another solution here, like some way to supress the problem!

This isn't really related to PDFs, but I couldn't see a better place to put it. What's up with the terrible font display in Filemaker? Any font displayed at a size lower than the OS Text Smoothing threshold looks like absolute rubbish. I've had to lower the threshold just for FM. On a PDF of the output, it appears fine, however. This doesn't happen on any other app, and I only use high-quality Linotype fonts.

A Save Records As PDF script step that seems to work well in Snow Leopard does not generate a PDF file in Lion and produces a code 800 error. See the attached file for the error message that flashes across the screen and a simple fp7 file that demonstrates the problem. I am using version 11.0v4, which I was hoping would correct the problem. Should I be doing something else to circumvent the error, or will I need to wait for the next version to regain this functionality? FMSaveAsPDFErrorMessage.png.zip SaveAsPDFProblem.fp7.zip

I want to give users the ability to save a PDF in addition to allowing to print from a Preview layout. Unfortunately, the only time the icon is enabled in the status area is when the Privilege Setting for "Available menu commands" is set to ALL. I definitely do NOT want to give most users access to All Menu Commands. The privilege set does allow printing, and I have coded scripts that do the preview and printing to "Run with All Privileges", but that does not seem to enable the icon either. Does anyone have any other ideas or experience?

Hi everyone, using an ITC Avantgarde font, I am trying to use a 9.5 point size for output. Filemaker will not allow me to set that value. Does anyone know about a workaround? Thank you. Filemaker 11

Hi all! Just trying to put a solution together for a customer. Basically they have a load of store POS artwork which basically needs creating into a catalog with visible ref to the artwork. All very straight forward. The only difficulty I'm having is that the catalog needs to be exported as a pdf file with an editable form field. The pdf is supplied further down the chain, where they can type the qty required in the form field. So basically it becomes like an order form. All is simple except that the export from filemaker doesn't seem to include an editable form field... This is what I need to add, preferably at the earlier stages as the catalog will c…

I'm using FMPro9 and am creating a series of PDF booklets from one of my databases for external printing. I'm doing it 'manually' i.e. by finding the records I want to export, then clicking the icon in the toolbar that says 'Save records as PDF' typing in a filename then clicking save. I have successfully created Booklet 1 to Booklet 29 inclusive in this way. However when I try to do Booklet 30 I get "Booklet 30.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." The disk I am using has around 500Gb free space. I have tried different names, different disks but with no effect. …

Since upgrading to Acrobat X I have found that recipients of my reports, which I "save as PDF" and email, can no longer open them and/or print them. Anyone any ideas?

One of my users is unable to print as a PDF. She is getting an error message titled: PDFCreator - "Permission to use object denied" I'm assuming this is an Administrator right, whereby, the user does not have sufficient privileges to run the PDFCreator.exe Can anyone confirm this or had the same issue? How do you go about correcting the problem? Thus far, I have been unable to figure it out. Regards, VX

Ok, I'm a noob at this but I want to be able to enter customer information into my database then export a few of the fields into documents that can be sent to the customers email. My customers are renters and I want to be able to send a lease agreement, a confirmation, and then a move out info sheet. I have fillable PDFs I use now, but I don't know if using those are possible, or if there is a better way. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.

Hi all I am trying to set up a PDF-attachment of browsed records in FM11 using the button 'Save the record as PDF'. BUT - it seems like its default set-up is saving a PDF as vertical. Does anyone knows how I set it up to be horizontal instead? Best regards, Lasse

Wonder if anyone knows of a fix for this... We are trying to: 1) Create a PDF with security. This works fine. 2) Append to that PDF, using the same security settings. This doesn't work. See example file attached; run the script. You would expect a 2-page PDF, but you get error 9 when trying to do the append. FileMaker's intended behaviour is described here: http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6363/~/append-to-existing-pdf-in-filemaker-pro However I think my example file proves it does not actually to work as intended. I **am** using identical security settings in both "Save records as PDF" steps. There is a known bug …

I use a lot of pdf files that are scanned from documents and overlay fields over them so the form is the same form. Often the pdf is very jagged when printed or viewed in layout mode. It's like they loose resolution between the orginal and insert the object step. Do you have a good standard that you use for pdf files when you insert them into your layouts? I scanned one form in grayscale this last week and it came out clear but the size is slowing the database down. Thanks for any tips you might have. Mark Jones

When I select "save records as PDF", the � symbols in my text fields won't export correctly (see the attachment). Are there any workarounds for this (charset change, �)?

I have container field that contain pdf file. is it possible to append new pages to that pdf?

I have developed a solution that allows a bus driver in our district to create a discipline report and then send that PDF report to the school principal. The problem I'm having is that it works great when you're setting at the server but when working from a client I get the error "Bus Referral Form.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 set the path to [color:red]filewin://EDSONLINE/Users/eds/Desktop/Bus_Sharepoint/Bus_Referral_Form.pdf

I have a solution which creates 10 page A4 Pdfs, this uses the maximum layout length which is documented by FM in their tech specs. My query is has anyone found a method or workaround for increasing this number of pages in a layout without splitting the Pdf or reducing the page size, I have been looking at combining another layout but this will split the Pdf which is not what I want. Thanks

I have a script where I would like to open up a PDF (Open URL script) and then print it out without the user having to do anything. I believe I have to use the SEND EVENT script step right after the OPEN URL script but I'm not sure where to find my .EXE file to do the printing. Are there any freeware apps out there that will print a PDF or am I going in the wrong direction here. DJ

Greetings, I have a PDF where the image colors seem to have been inverted. Anyone know how this occurred and is there a solution to this problem? Also, is there a way to limit the file size of the PDF created? I was going to attach the full file for your viewing pleasure, but it was too large. I took out the second page so you could see what I mean about the image. Jamie

I can script a save as PDF, and the script nicely overwrites the file if it isn't open, but I'd like to save the file to a version using a time stamp. So it would be like File_andtoday.pdf

FM's bug reporting page seems to not be working. Thought someone here might have insight on this problem: When using Save Records as PDF, Layouts which have Facing Pages option turned on produce incorrect page margins on all pages after page 1. 1. Create a new empty file. Define one field and set it as auto-enter serial number. 2. Switch to Layout Mode. In Layout Setup, Printing pane, turn on Use Fixed Page Margins option. Set all four page margins to 1 inch. Turn on the Facing Pages option. 3. From the View menu, select Object Size to open the Size palette. Also from the View menu, turn on Page Margins. 4. With the Rectangle Tool, draw a horizo…

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I'm creating pdfs (with a page setup from fmp, saved to desktop) and they look great, but then when open in preview or Adobe (they look great) and hit "print" (to paper), the paper printout is all messed up. Upon further inspection, the page setup in Acrobat is all weird. Is that page setup setup in Acrobat or can it be associated with the pdf? If so, how do I do it (in fmp preferably). Any advice? Thanks!

Hi All, I am trying to save a record as a PDF by going to File > Save/Send Records As > PDF... If I select a folder on the network I will just get an error �filename could not be saved on this disk...� I can however save it on my local drive, and on the other hand I can save PDFs not through FileMaker on that same network folder Any help will be very much appreciated Amram Chayim Eirinberg

This goes a bit beyond FileMaker's capabilities, but I thought that I would throw this out anyways to see if anyone else has come across this. Is there any way to be able to just preview a PDF file? Opening a file with Acrobat or even using web browser brings up the Acrobat toolbar, which allows the user to email & save, among other things. What I want is the ability to open a PDF file, preview it, close it, and nothing more. This is mainly for security reasons. Preferably with a web browser, so we don't have to use external software. This is on a Windows platform.

I am running files hosted on FMS 10.0.2.206 on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition. I am running FMPA 11.0v1 on Windows XP SP2. I have Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 Pro installed. I am currently the only user in my organization with FMPA 11 installed. When I create PDFs, they cannot be opened by anyone else. Those who try get an error message that states, "There was an error opening this document. Access is denied." They also cannot be deleted by other users. Only I can open them and delete them. I can create pdfs outside of FileMaker with no issues. I have re-installed, both FM and Acrobat and still get the same results. I have tried pdfing from a lo…

Ok Im new to this but i am having a problem with placeing pdfs into my database. I have a database that i would like to add some pdfs too and have them just open when you click on them. Ive read a lot on the fourms here and tried everything i can think off. For example when i creat a new pdf object it places the pdf icon on the layout but when i click on it is does nothing. I would like for when you click on it , it would just open in acrobat. Is this possable and how do i do this?

Outputting a PDF from Filemaker, which then pops up as an attachment in Mail ready to email to send to someone, is a potentially massive productivity benefit for my users. I can make it all happen correctly, but there's one problem.... PDFs that are only one or two pages long, and only contain text, come out at filesizes of between 600k and several megabytes. Our repro team have some advanced PDF manipulation tools and can low res the files down to 50 or 60k and they look and print fine. How can I control the pdf resolution/file size from within Filemaker. (We're using Filemaker 8.03 on Macs generally running 10.3 or 10.4) Thanks in anticipation

Hi All, (this is a bit of a long post) My Basic Issue: I'm concerned about the reliability of the Print Setup step in my report script. The Background: I'm developing a financial database that's hosted on FileMaker Server. We run only Windows computers, and have many clients that connect to the database and can print to many different networked printers. The db in question has a layout in List View that displays a lot of "columns" of data. So, for ordinary 4:3 screens, the users have to scroll side-to-side to see it all, but the main users have wide screen monitors, and it's no issue for them. The Task: I need to allow users to print the layout…

A PC computer hosts via FM 10 client and scripts easily to print and create PDFs. When a client accesses the hosted solution, the print script must include print setup, etc. in order to direct the record that is being printed. Is there a way to do this for a PDF -- ie. when setting up the script step, Save records to PDF, there is the requirement to name the output file, say, the host desktop ... When the script is run from a client on the network, there is an error message saying you cannot save to the target file (ie. on the host) and does not offer a dialog box to redirect the save -- is there a script step or other convention I am missing?

Is there ANY plugin that will allow creation of a PDF file from a runtime solution, whether directly or indirectly, say through e-mail?

I have a script that creates a numerous(calculated) page pdf. However, if i create the pdf, then create it again, the 2nd pdf pages are added to the previous pdf. I script the pdf to be saved in the Windows/temp folder as a calculated value name(eg. swp123.pdf). I do not have the 'Append to existing pdf' ticked for the 1st page being created as a pdf, but the other pages i have it ticked, as they are pages added to the existing pages. So i do not know why it is appended to a previously created pdf, if one existed. Is there a way to have a step added to the script, to check to see if a pdf with the calculated name already exists before creating a 2nd pdf…

I have a script which creates a pdf for the current record, creates an email with a pre-determined email address and attaches the pdf file. This works fine on every computer, but one. On the problem computer, it creates the pdf, but doesn't create the email. It just stops. I probably need to set up an email default, but not sure how to do that. Any suggestions.

I am using a Filemaker database in order to create images from text fields (it's a "from text to image" process). I am creating the images using the "print to iphoto" option in the printing dialogue. Those images are exported to iphoto and from them to my ipod in order to create a kind of PowerPoint presentation. The problem is that the photos so created have a very strange name ("dCxLmt", "QBI8Nf" and the like). I would like to create photos with a title/name that relates to the record or can derive from it (let's say from a field content or formula). Is it possible to do something like this using the "print to iphoto" menu? Of course I can manually manipulate t…

I am building a report via the Save Records as PDF from various layouts, appending as I go. Along the way I need to export a PDF from a container field and append this exported PDF to the report being created via the Save Records as PDF. I can't seem to figure out how to get the various "exported" PDF's appended to the report I am building it. Perhaps I've missed the answer in the forum? The end goal is to have a single report with all the "exported" PDF's in their proper place within the main document.

The established process is to create multi page / formatted document FMP exports individual PDF's using 360Works Script Master merging separate files together using this technique. http://www.filemakermagazine.com/search/node/pdf Client is now be looking for recommendations for e-Signature services for integration with existing FileMaker process, automating the addition of adding the necessary bits to the completed PDF document (areas where initials and signatures are required) Suggestions?

Has anyone come up with a usable method of scripting PDF creation and automated printer selection in FMP runtimes? I've noticed that both Affiler and Shubec have left the business, amnd MyFMButler apparently doesn't do encryption. (I've been using Affiler with some custom scripts done with AutoIT, but Aff won't install on Vista.) I've found some other PDF generators that look promising, but they use a COM interface, and I'm not a programmer.

I need to automate the creation of a PDF where the top quarter contains FMP-derived data unique to each record, and the bottom three-quarters contain standard text with PDF form fields. It would be a simple process to just export the record as a PDF but for the need to include the PDF form fields. I decided to split the PDF into two: the top quarter with the FMP-derived data and text is produced by exporting the record to PDF, while the bottom quarter with the PDF form fields was produced in Acrobat and stored in a SuperContainer. Using AppleScript and System Events it's easy to combine the two individual PDFs with the shell script joinPDF - it gives a single PDF a…

I have a number of scripts that build PDFs that are saved to the local computer and then automatically sent via GMail SMTP to our user's Google Apps Gmail accounts. I am able to view the PDF on my desktop without issue. The person I send the PDF to is able to download the PDF and view it on their desktop. The issue arises when they click "View" from within GMail. Gmail displays everything except the text. I can see any boxes that I have drawn into the layout or container fields that contain pictures. All of the text uses normal fonts (Ariel and Helvetica) with the color set to Black. Why would GMail not be able to display the text from a FileMaker creat…

I have a script that creates a PDF invoice to be e-mailed to my customer. I am using this script step: Save Record as PDF (Restore; No dialog; "$exportPath"; Records being browsed) Then the script attaches the PDf to an e-mail using the Send Mail script step. The problem is that many people are reporting that they cannot open the pdf, however if I manually save the pdf and then attach it to an e-mail they can open the PDF just fine. What is the difference? Any suggestions?

I have a system I wrote in FileMaker 6 using AfFiler to generate PDF report files in specified folders according to which client's data was being processed. I am rebuilding it in FileMaker Developer 7. I've read posts in the past where people have had trouble with AfFiler and I know the company is gone. But, I've not had any trouble doing what I wanted with it. However, it's becoming apparent that my AfFiler 3.1 may be incompatible with my FileMaker Developer 7. Does anyone have any suggestions how to produce PDF reports in folders of my choice (via calc fields) using FileMaker Developer 7? My system creates text file and PDF reports for each state. Scripting is pref…

Hi, Currently I'm trying to create a layout for a report with text boxes. It about a Q&A. So, each record has the same questions, but the length of the answers can vary quite a lot from one record to another. If I create a layout with fields that have a "fixed" sizes, I'll see some answers as complete, but some others will be only half displayed (depending of the length of the answer). How can I format the text box of the fields so that they automatically get the right size according to the length of the answer. Could somebody help me with that? Thanks

I have a script I run every night that automatically creates PDFs with the filename being the value in one of the fields. For every unique name in the field, it creates a PDF. Works great, until recently. For the past 2 weeks or so, folks can't see the data via Blackberry. Just blank with lines. iPhone still fine. If I manually print to PDF, Blackberry is fine. Anyone else have the same problem, or solved it? Please help. I don't want to have to manually print all those files, and my company doesn't want to change all the phones to iPhones. I have attached a sample of each. Thank you for any help or clues, Joe WBURKETT_SaveAsPDF.pdf WBURKETT_PrintToPDF.…

I am struggling to understand how to script a script to send an email to the email address on the current record and attach a pdf of the current layout. It needs to work for both Mac and PC. Any help really appreciated with this - FM newbie

I have an ideal solution to this, but I am not allowed to implement it yet, so I am trying to figure out a work-around. Ideally, this layout would work perfectly if I could setup the IWP, and have people remotely login to fill this information out. That can't happen at the moment, so I have to come up with an alternative. We have a very nice looking Questionairre as a layout. So we were thinking, maybe we could save it as a PDF, email it to a person, have them fill it out, then import it back in. Of course, when we save it to PDF, you can't edit any of the fields... anyway to change that? Also, I don't know how we would then get the data back into th…

Hi, i got a nice question for you guys (gals) i'm trying to use FileMaker 8.5 Adv to generate PDF's with Central European fonts (in this example Futura CE) I receive the texts in Excel, and sometimes in a email, and importing them in FM is a breeze... But the problem i got is when i generate the PDF with the FM build-in PDF engine, the special characters are either lost or replaced with anonther letter (?) When i make the PDF's with the printdialog -> save as PDF the result is correct. And you guessed it, i'd like FileMaker to do that too (because i want the files to be named with a calculated name) Oddly, i don't have this problem when i use…

Hi, This is a bit of a strange one. I have been using Filemaker (10, client) to create PDF factsheets that I want to then upload to a document sharing site called "scribd". Scribd converts the PDF's into some proprietary format called i-paper and makes them public. If I make the PDF from Word using a PDF printer such as PDF995, all is well and scribd can convert the PDF to ipaper. If I create it using Filemaker's "Save As PDF" command, then it looks fine but scribd can't convert it and it ends up with the graphics, but no text. I have played around with Filemakers PDF settings such as the initial page display, but no luck. It looks to me to be the…

I have created a PDF in Filemaker 8.0v3 and when I open this PDF in Adobe 9 and try to print it it gives me an error of: "unable to start print job" "A drawing error occurred" The margins look good. I have even changed the paper size to 11X17 to make sure the margins are not the problem Any suggestions? Everything that I am finding when I google says it is not adobe it is the program that created the PDF...of course!

Hello guys, I need to convert a JPEG image into PDF. Pls tell me how to go about it.

I am on FM Server 10, windows, with clients accessing the server both on the network at their offices, and remotely with an assigned IP address. Mac and Windows clients. What I need to do is write reports that are generated to a pdf file, save that file to a shared directory, and then set a web viewer to display that newly created pdf file. Currently, all windows users at the office on the network have a shared s:/dmdocuments directory that I could write to if on the local network but that doesn't solve my remove Mac users who aren't mapped into the shared directory. What I'd like to do is use the IP address of the FM server and write all files, whether rem…

Hello again I would like now to save some records as pdf file. The problem is that when I do it if there is a file with the same name in the user desktop it just deletes it. I just want to check if a file exists and if it is not then to tell filemaker to create me a new one. Can this be done.

Does anyone know if PDF creation can be done in a runtime? It seems runtimes will not allow PDF creation - but I was curious if anyone has any workarounds? I am currently using a free PDF printer tool where I print to that printer object and it creates it - however if I distribute my FM application via runtime, I would like to not have to have the users go download or install that second piece - I would like to just have a CREATE PDF button like is possible in native FMP. Any ideas?

I have a standard Order table linked via an order id to an order detail table which is in turn linked via product id to a catalog table. I'm running a report using Order Detail to report the total quantity and dollar value of all products sold during a specified calendar period. That's all working fine. But I can't figure out how to report the number of unique orders there were for each product reported. I can't assume there will be one order detail record for each product in an order. One product could appear more than once in an order since these products can be ordered with different options included. So I need to be able to count the number of unique order id values. …

Hi, I had a look thru the topics to see if this had been covered and didn't find anything. I want to either create a PDF or print a report and have a certain field which would normally be in black text (eg SalesTaxPaid) turn [color:red]RED if it equals $0.00 and I was wondering if this was possible. I have tried to work it out and havent succeeded, possibly due to poor brain power.

being able to specify the directory pathway for saving a PDF document and having it automatically given a unique file name based on one or several fields of data in FMP

Hi, I've attached a PDF I've generated which is based on a layout with subsummaries and I was wondering if I could avoid the situation which has happened at the bottom of page 1 where the leading subsummary continues onto page 2. When Filemaker is creating PDFs is it able to work out that a leading subsummary can't fit completely onto a page and therefore starts it at the top of the next page instead? thanks Report.zip

Hi I am working on an event Management solution that requires a report not to dissimilar to a Mail Merge only the it needs to display who fills each role in a narrative form. How do I get multiple contacts out of the tables, I can get one role but none of the rest The Tables are Events----------Contacts The Event Form has the Event Roles displayed on a portal. If anyone could help that would be fantastic Paul

I'd like to be able to embed a clickable URL in the PDF output so the user can go to various web sites. I don't think this is possible in FileMaker, but I hope I'm wrong!

Hi, Does anyone know how to open a pdf from a container field in FileMaker ? I have seen this once but forgot where. Any examples possibly ?

Is it possible to somehow break apart a multi-page PDF saved in a container field so each page can be put into separate records/fields? I have a product DB where I would like the user to be able to insert the products multi-page spec sheet as a PDF into a container field. I then need to create a report that prints each page of these spec sheets with some additional information on each page. I wonder if this is possible to do without using a plugin. I am also open to alternatives. All I can think of is to require the user to export each page of the PDF as an image file and then insert each image into a record's container field. Thanks, Greg

Is there a plugin that would allow it, or is it otherwise possible to assemble a multiple part pdf from a combination of pdf container fields and record layouts?

Hi All One of our customers on a windows machine is reporting that she can't save PDFs to disk from FM9 - it works fine on our development system ( Mac OSX). The error message says something along the lines of make room or change the name, but I'm wondering if it is more about her windows privilieges. Any ideas? Thanks BWS

What is the situation with this problem ? Is it Solved in fm 10 ? I just build a nice application with a lot of reports that use the append to pdf scriptstep. I copy the application from my standalone xp-machine, where everything works fantastic, to a win2003 server (just in a single user mode) and I have the discribed error 800 failure .

I am sending a layout which has fields with drop down lists associated with some fields, as a PDF attached to an e-mail. I would like the receiver of the e-mail to be able to use the drop down lists and enter info into the PDF but I can't get that to work with FileMaker. Can someone tell me how I can make my PDF updateable by the person I e-mail it to? Thanks!

Well, I thought I had the answer. It works on the Mac platform, but not on the Windows side. I use 'save pdf' for records browsed to create a file to use as an email attachment. Then I transfer to a screen with a container field for the user to preview. I 'go to field' the container field and 'insert picture'. I get the error message 'this file type could not be displayed as a picture. It will be inserted and displayed as a file'. The file type is 'pdf file' with an adobe acrobat icon associated with it when viewed in the directory. Any thoughts why the same sequence of script steps works in MAC OSX but not VISTA? TIA

For my MAC users, the 'print' command has a built-in pdf output option, so it was easy to implement a 'print to pdf' and attach the output to a 'send mail' script step. But it doesn't appear there is such a built in option in Vista or XP. There appear to be numerous 'free' pdf printers for Windows out there. I would like to recommend one to my Windows users. Is this a case of 'you get what you pay for' or are they any good? Any one in particular? My needs are simple - 'print' to a named pdf file so I can create an email message with the pdf as an attachment. If I can recommend one for them to use, I can build the parameters into a no-dialog print scrip…

I have a database that tracks Service Tickets, scheduling etc... In the service ticket table there is a field called PDF, it's a container field. When I print a service ticket I want it to also automatically print the pdf in the container field. Can this be done? Print a pdf from filemaker I know how to have it check if there is something in the container field, when we insert the PDF in the container field it's always a link so when we double click on the field it brings up the PDF in acrobat. I want to print my service ticket (current record) then print the PDF there is one. Perhaps send an event. We use Filemaker 9, we have Filemaker 9 Advance server. Ideas…

I am asking if anyone has a way to automate the process from a filemaker database to a pdf that remains interactive as it was in filemaker when it becomes a PDF. Thanks Dave

Does FP7 provide the capabilty to output a report to PDF (or MS Word?) What are my options for emailing a report/layout? Thanks.

Hello all, I need a dynamic text as background for some PDF I usually print from filemaker. I need an oblique field repeated in all pages of a PDF which contains a list of records. I didn't find any solution at the moment, I don't know if fielmaker can handle this kind of formatting. Can You help me please?

Help required for a Newbie! I am trying to use scripmaker to create a PDf of the layout and attach it to an email. I get this far with the Save as PDF selection. I then struggle, because I want the PDF to have the name of the a field in the record (i.e. Invoice No) and then the email to have the email address from the record! I cannot get this to work! The message will be default text. Please can you advise on where I am going wrong, or if there is a better way of doing this? We are currently running OSX10.4.11, FM 6 - but I have tried a trial copy of FM 9 which is where I am getting the save as pdf script line from.

Out of the blue, a Windows XP SP2 machine that was nicely handling a print PDF and attach to email script is now attaching a file with a .DAT extension, instead of .PDF. Mail client is Outlook. Script has worked perfectly on this machine for more than a year, so I'm guessing it's some Windows or Outlook setting that has changed. The file generated is valid PDF; change the extension and it opens properly. Anyone encounter this?

Dear All, I have a Macbook with OS X running FMP 9.0 Advanced. I run my reports in order to export a PDF. Everytime I do this, the FMP closes. Does anyone have any trouble shooting ideas? Is it Adobe causing the problem or is there a bug in FMP or something totally differnt. Thanks Mike

Hi All - I couldn't decide if this topic should go under printing or PDF's. I finally decided to start in PDF's. Many printers, when setup as shares, will allow you to simply copy a PDF file directly to the share and the printer will then print it. I have this working great as long as the pdf being copied to the share is not a pdf that was created by FileMaker. As a test, I created a blank layout and then typed a paragraph of text. I then duplicated that text twice and applied different formatting to it in each instance: Instance 1 is just plain text with a combination of upper and lowercase characters. Instance 2 is just plain text with a…

Has anyone come up with a solution to the "Unable to create File on Disk" error when appending to a PDF? It works on the PC's of users, but not on macs. I even changed the permissions on my mac desktop to allow all others to read and write. Even when I change the folder to my documents, the system volume - pretty much any folder - I get the same error. Ideas?

Dear peepz, Could you guys tell me how do I export a records in the report template in pdf or excel format? I only got lines of records everytime I export. Thanks. Regards, Farah K.

Can someone please tell me what's wrong with this path. I'm creating a PDF and keep getting error 800. "filewin:" & Get ( DesktopPath ) & GetAsText ( GRANTAPPLICATION::Year ) & "_GrantApp.pdf" It's late and I'm tired! (and on Windows) Thanks.

How can we change saving as a PDF, to defult to "current record" instead of "record being browsed"

hi... in my fm9 pro database each record is an individual person. at some point i have to make a pdf for each of the 3000 people in the database and email it to them.. so far i've found that you can file, save record as pdf, and then name the file and it creates a pdf of ALL records that are showing, and then you can individually cut them out of the pfd into their own pdf's... that's great, but... how can i make it Automatically, either make 1 pdf per person with their individual name as the file name of the pdf, or, export into one big pdf, then slice it up and rename each slice to the person's name automatically?:PB)

I'm trying to get the script step, Save Records as PDF, to work with a variable filepath cross platform, but I can't remember the syntax. I'm starting with: Set Variable[$filepath; Get(TemporaryPath) & ORDERS::Invoice Number & ".pdf" This works fine on the Mac, but not a PC. I'm getting an error message that the file could not be created. What am I missing? Thanks, DJ

Hello all, I am not too sure where to post this question, so I will start here. Is it possible to save reports that have been run? I am trying to save a monthly report and have it readily available for viewing without having to run the whole report again. The reports are only run once a month, so there would be a total of 12 a year (Jan,Feb,March, etc.). I would like to avoid exporting the data to another application. Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Some images appear as "negatives" when outputted with Save as PDF script step. Anyone have an explanation or a cure? The previews look fine, however when opened with Adobe Reader (8.1.2) the jpg image has a negative look.

Hi, Has anyone had an issue with blank space when using sliding and containers? On two page layout have as last object (besides footer) a container with a Word document linked using OLE. When it is empty the container shrinks and slides, but several times a space appears, even though empty, appears to be the size of the container. Is there any thing to check? Have first page set to not slide, and all below set to slide, all above, and one item no print. Thanks.

The database has a container field for attached scans that are referenced to a folder on the Mac server. One user can't print the PDF files in this container, everyone else can. She has MacOS 10.4.11, has Acrobat 8.1.2 installed, FM 8.5v2. No one else has installed Acrobat 8, everything else is the same. Acrobat 8 puts a tool bar into the container that doesn't work, then errors out that: "Acrobat cannot open this file because a task is still active in Acrobat. Please return to Acrobat and end the task before opening this file." Click OK, then print, used to unexpectedly quit, but after permissions repair, etc., it just prints a full black page. Prin…

Is there a way to import PDF's via a scanner, and have the scanned PDF attach to a specific record?

Hello all I was wondering if anyone would know if there is a way to attach a Button to a Purchase order or any other FM Pro DB and have FM pull that up later. For example say you search for a Purchase order number of some sort and when you get your results have a button programed to pull up the PDF? Thanks

OK. I am at a bit of loss here and am hoping that some of you can help me out. What I am about to describe is only happening at one of 25 or so clients that use the same app. The client uses FileMaker Server 8 on the server and FileMaker Pro 8.5 on a Windows 2003 Terminal Services server. The application gives the users the ability to Insert an image into a field for use in a report. The image is stored directly in the container field instead of storing a reference to the image file. On the report layout I use a relationship to show the images. In the scripting for viewing this report, a PDF is created and opened automatically. Here's the prob…

By default, when you choose to "Save as PDF," the Initial View is set to "Pages Panel and Page." I know that if I am calling a "Save as PDF" inside a script, I can set the Options to be whatever I want. But I would like to change this default setting so that if a user chooses "Save as PDF" from the File menu, or by clicking the icon, then the Initial View is already set to "Page Only" instead of having to manually select it every time. FileMaker seems to store a number of other preferences based on what was chosen the last time the database was opened locally (eg: The "Print to File" checkbox on the Print screen), but this does not seem to be one of those. Does…

My runtime uses 'print' script steps with 'no dialog' and does not 'restore'. I do this to minimize decisions for my users each time they need to print. I allow users who need/want to direct printing to a different printer to select another printer with a simple script that uses the 'printer setup' step. Everything is fine when I test it with 'real' printers. One of my customers uses Adobe PDF as one of their printers and can not change back and forth between printers without having to restart my runtime. Other customers that I'm aware of who use multiple printers have no issues that I'm aware of. I don't have the Adobe PDF printer, and without springing for the…

Hi, i've a solution with a preview format that show for every person in database the amount ordered in this month, this report includes many pages, one for each person. Is there a way to export EVERY person page of the report in a single pdf file? thanks in advance

I send quotes to my customers which include a mixture of layouts saved as pdfs and pdf datasheets which are stored in container fields. Before FM9's append pdf feature, I saved each page of my multi-page pdf seperately, including exporting the containers and then used automator to build the multi-page document via an applescript. It worked but is a bit inelegant. Is there a way of appending a pdf from a container field to one produced from a layout?

Can PDFs be made from a stand alone runtime DB? Mine works fine within Filemaker, but the runtime cancels the PDF action and prompts me to continue.

Here is my dilemma: I would like to email a form letter via PDF to different customers. With my first script below, all customers end up with the same form letter (i.e., Customers A...D all receive a letter addressed to Customer D) and the problem with the second script is that all customers ended up with one large PDF that has all of the other customers' names on it. I would like Customer A to receive 1 email with 1 pdf attached that is addressed to Customer A, and so on. I suspect there is a way to loop through each record to do this, but I am new to looping. Thanks ahead for help!

Hello I have a layout and record I would like to print as a PDF> When I go to do it nothing happens. I have tried saving every type of pdf and it does nothing. I try asking for a preview and it does nothing. Is there something I can do to make this work? Thanks Dave

I have just successfully made a script so when i save a pdf the filename is specific to 2 fields from 'invoice' layout (job number and Company). but when the file is saved it doesn't show the ".pdf" extension. I can get the extension when i just have one field represent the filename but not both together!?? What am i missing?? here is my script: Set variable: Name:$filename; Value:JobSheet::JobSheet ID& "_" &JobSheet::Company &".pdf" Save record as PFD: my folder path+$filename

Hi To All, I am using osx 10.4.10 and filemaker 8.5 I have now run into Filemaker crashing when I try to save as a PDF. Does anyone have a resolution?? I have tried reinstall, run all types of system fix software such as onyx and also read up on filemaker site. Thanks for any help as this really makes my solutions fall down big time. Lance