Insert pdf file to container by script

[Dani R]

hello i need some help:

I am trying to run a script that will insert a pdf file to a field container .

the script goes like this

filepath ="imagemac:/mac/Users/usera/Desktop/to/Cliant/902/1638.pdf"

goto field = [pdffile]

insert image [$pdffile]

at the end of the i get a empty filed no file is in the field , i did a check by GetAsText ( pdffile )

what am i doing wrong.

Thank you dani

[bcooney]

from your sample above, you've never defined $pdffile.

Isn't it Insert Picture? and why not Insert File?

[Dani R]

$pdffile="imagemac:/mac/Users/user1/Desktop/to/Cliant/902/1638.tiff"

[Vaughan]

The insert image step should be insert file.

[Dani R]

But it is not insert the image

[NickOE]

You need to use filemac in place of imagemac

Then use Insert File

[comment]

A PDF file (on the Mac OS platform) can be inserted into a container field as a file, as a picture or as a movie. If you want the field to display the contents of the PDF file, then you must insert it as a picture or as a movie (for multi-page documents).

If the script:

Set Variable [ $path ; ... ]

Go to Field [ YourTable::Containerfield ]

Insert Picture [ $path ]

does not produce a result, then the $path is wrong.