relative paths?

[MParker]

ok, i'm completely new to filemaker server. never had a need for it until recently. so, that being said....i'm stuck. i moved one of my databases over to the fms on my server and access is from multiple fmp clients in our office. i have a few reports that i need to save out as pdf...but the relative path doesn't work anymore. so, i've tried multiple directories and can't get it to export. i just want it to save into a folder that is in the same directory as the fp7 file. i've tried creating a variable to:

"file:/Weekly Reports/name.pdf"

"file:WeeklyReports/name.pdf"

"file:name.pdf"

"fmnet:/<ip address>/path/name.pdf"

any ideas?? oh, and yes, fms has full read write on that directory. i've even set it to everyone having full permissions. still can't save there. this is the error i get:

[bcooney]

"to the fms on my server" huh? Are you truly hosting the file with FMS or are you using a file server?

You cannot save a file to the FMS. You can save a file to a shared volume.

[MParker]

no, fms is installed on a server here at my office. when you import a database into fms, it moves the fp7 file to the mac osx library folder. in that folder that is holding my fp7 file, i made a sub directory that should store all of these pdf's so that we can have them for later use. but it won't actually save. i did a lot of testing, and i actually can't get it to save anywhere on the server at all. i can, however, use the Get (DesktopPath) option that will save it to the user's desktop on the local machine, but i'm needing it to be in one centralized area (the server).

[bcooney]

Doesn't sound like a workstation running FMS. The path for a .fp7 file on an FMS is:

Macintosh_HD/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Databases/myfile.fp7