Using FM 8.5 on Mac OS 10.3.9

I am having trouble attaching a file to an email using a relative
path. I'm creating a pdf of a record (using Save Records As PDF script
step), and saving it with a relative path (file:Property.pdf). I am
then using the Send Mail script step to create an email with this file
as an attachment, again using the same relative path
(file:Property.pdf). This creates the email but with no attachment. If
I change the Send Mail step to use an absolute path to the file, it
works.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Anthony

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m wrote:


In my solution, a PDF invoice is saved to the Desktop using the Script
Variable $$Invoice to name the PDF.
In the Send Email script step, the attachment is specified as
"file:../../../Desktop/$$Invoice"
Seems FileMaker doesn't like "in the clear" paths. You have to use the
dotdot syntax.
Works for me.

Matt

acuccia (AT) gmail (DOT) com writes:

Where is the Property.pdf file located?
Where is the FileMaker database located?
FM server involved?

Jens

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On Jun 23, 4:56 am, Jens Teich <i... (AT) jensteich (DOT) de> wrote:
This is a shared file solution, where one person hosts the file and 3
others share it (no server). On a client machine (non-host), the file
was created in the same directory as the application ("Filemaker Pro
8.5", I think it's called). My assumption was that I didn't have to
know where the file was being created, and that both "relative paths"
were relative to the same place. If both the Save Records As PDF step
and the Send Mail step both used the same relative path, it would get
created and attached from the same place without me having to know
where. Are my assumptions incorrect, or my logic?

Thanks,
Anthony

acuccia (AT) gmail (DOT) com writes:

Relative paths are starting relative to the path of the fm file if it is
a local file. If it is a shared file the path of the fm application is used
instead.

jens

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A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?