PDF not showing in container field
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By elipsett
I'm running FMP 17 Adv on Catalina.
I have a folder containing the FileMaker file and a large number of PDFs.
A script determines if there is a PDF for a particular client, and either sends an email with the PDF attached to that client, or prints out the email body and the PDF.
The PDF has a known filename, and can be input as an external file or via a container. The filename is available as a $$ variable; the path is the same as the Filemaker file itself.
The email part works fine.
The problem is in printing. The script prints out the body of the email perfectly, but I cannot get it to automatically print out the PDF.
I have Acrobat and Acrobat Reader both installed, although Preview should work as well since they are all PDFs.
Can anyone give me simple code to print $$Filename located at (same path as Filemaker file, or $$FilePath), specifically for a PDF file?
Suggestions welcome, but keep in mind that I am not very skilled at Filemaker, and know nothing about AppleScript.
Thanks for your time.
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By ChangeAgent
FileMaker Pro 16.0.6.600
On a Mac
I am having a container field where I store PDF files.
Every time I start the DB and I get to a file in the DB with a PDF in it, I get a box asking me: adobe pdf viewer can not find a compatible… etc.
Now if I select Adobe Acrobat Reader DC it now runs fine, however it will ask me again the next time I open the DB. Boring indeed. Any solution to that?
My first choice would be to use Preview, I did select it when the box appeared but this does not work. Any solutions to that?
If it needs to be Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, where can I set the preferences so it does not ask me all the time?
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC seems also pretty buggy, crashing at time and not allowing to scroll the PDF and a few more bugs.
Any solutions anybody knows of?
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By Gary Hoffman
My solution for grad student to upload information about their summer internship, including a PDF file from their employer, is not working well this year.
Last year, we were on FilemakerServer 13 and I built the student-facing layouts for WebDirect. The staff side of the database was accessed through FilemakerPro 13.
The container field does not store its data externally, but rather internally to the db file.
This year, we've upgraded to FMS 14, FMP 14, and, of course, the world has gotten wary of PDF files.
So, our grad students' uploaded PDFs no longer render in the layout where I've placed the container field. If the field is set to optimize for Images, I see a PDF icon and the file name. However, if I change it to optimize for Interactive content (PDF, MP3, etc.), I get an error message that resolves to this: You do not have permission to view this directory or page.
According to FM documentation, interactive content is rendered by the default browser on the platform, i.e. I.E. on Windows and Safari on Mac.
This seems to be new behavior. Does anyone else see this?
Gary
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