Cross Platform container export

[Anyjoe2000]

I am running server 10 advanced on a windows server2003 network with mostly windows clients running FMP 10. I have a little file that serves up some PDF documents from a shared network folder. The path to these files is stored and a calculation field that results in a container.

The solution will copy a pdf from the network folder to the users temporary directory and open for them to view.

Until recently there was only a need for the solution to work in a windows environment but it has become necessary to modify the solution to also work with Mac clients. I have bought a mac mini running os 10.5.8 to use in development and testing. I think I have successfully binded it to my windows2003 domain as I can log onto it with my network user name and password and I can see most of the other computers and can in fact open the folder where the PDF files I’m concerned with in this instance with the finder.

So a little bit about the solution.

I have a setup table that has a text field called path that is use to store the folder path used in the container calculation. Now I have added a second filed called PathMac that holds the mac path.

eFilesSetUp::efilePath = filwin://FileServ/T_Drive/e-files/

eFilesSetUp::efilePathmac = filemac://FileServ/T_Drive/e-files/

In the main table I have a text filed called filename that stores the filename and a calc field called container with the following calculation.

If(Get ( SystemPlatform ) = -2;

eFilesSetUp::efilePath & Filename;

eFilesSetUp::efilePathMac & Filename)

Using a dialog box to display the container field the results are as expected.

On a Windows Client its

filewin://FileServ/T_Drive/e-files/filename.pdf

and on Mac its

filemac://FileServ/T_Drive/e-files/filename.pdf

Im fairly certain that the script steps pertaining to the temp directory are working because at one point it was exporting the literal text of the container filed. I am assuming that at that point it did not understand the export path. Now however it errors with error 100 file is missing

I can use the finder to view the PDF files and when I use the get info command I see the following

Where /Volumes/T_Drive/e-files

Server smb://FileServ/T_Drive/e-files/filename.pdf

Thanks in advance for any help on this

[IdealData]

The filemac: path format is wrong - there is only a SINGLE slash in filemac: paths.

The "//" only applies to Windows networks and is not available in the Mac world.

[Anyjoe2000]

ok now the filemac path is

filemac:/FileServ/T_Drive/e-files/filename.pdf

but I still get the same error 100

[IdealData]

Okay - but you are still trying to create the file on the server. Try doing it locally first.

I suspect the "volume name" is wrong for the Mac environment, so do a simple test by trying to store a file FROM the server BY REFERENCE and then look at the path information for the file by using the GetAsText function.

Edited October 7, 2009 by Guest