pdf files

[mitchphoto]

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)

[Brian C]

First create a variable to store the name of the pdf itself.

example: set variable [$pdfname ; yourfilenamehere ]

Then create a variable to create the entire pathname.

example:

Set Variable [$pdfpath ;

If(Get(SystemPlatform) = "-2" ; "filewin:" ; "filemac:" )

& Get ( DesktopPath ) & $pdfname ]

For "Save Records as PDF" you can use a variable in the "Specify Output File" option. This will allow you to build the pathname/filename dynamically.

[Søren Dyhr]

This seems more or less what's covered in this video!

http://www.filemakermagazine.com/videos/populating-pdf-forms.html

--sd

[ML2008]

Hi, I am having the same issue.

I have a global list of leases expiring in different countries, how can I set-up a script to save a pdf of every country with their respective list of expiring leases.

The list is a sub-summary when sorted by country. How can I loop it to save a pdf for every country!