Applescript and calculated file path

[balooka]

Hello

 

I have a script that creates an indesign file with correct measurements, and it stores it perfectly when I set a fixed filepath in the AS.

I need a filepath that is calculated to a folder on a server. If I put the path in as text, in AS, it works fine, but when I insert a $$VAR it

somehow does not understand what it...

 

I am using the following (wich works but is not calculated)

save document 1 to "MC Kranten:Weekproductie:WK03:H24997188_POLDER-EN_2.indd"¶
 

 I have tried to create a calc field for the whole path+name and use that in a $$VAR but that does not work.

 

This down not work:

save document 1 to" & $$DOCPATH & ¶

Is there anyone that spots what I did wrong here?

[comment]

Is there anyone that spots what I did wrong here?

 

No, because you don't show us how you defined the $$DOCPATH variable. If I had to guess, I'd say you're missing the quotation marks.

 

BTW, I don't see why you need a global $$variable for this; it seems to me a local $variable should be quite sufficient.

[balooka]

Thanks for the reply

 

the mistake I made was not with the quotations marks but when I turned the path from local to server... that's fixed now but overlooked earlier... sorry.

 

As for the $$globals... I've been reading up on using the vars in AS, and somehow I was convinced that using globals was the way to go, not sure why.

I'll make them local and see if it still works fine

 

Thanks comment!

[comment]

I've been reading up on using the vars in AS

 

But you are not using the variable in Applescript; you are using it in a Filemaker script. And unless you need it to persist after the script has exited, you should use a local $variable.