Sue
>> Data/Documents/" needs to have same permissions as Data/
Try Batchmod or X-ray to fix..
Stephen
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On Jul 29, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Sue wrote:
> Well, in theory, since it was the server running the script, not me, the Get (DocumentsPath) should have worked.
>
> However, I tried changing the calculation for the script path to the example you provided (with my file name of course), and still no go.
>
> Thank you for the suggestion, however. Any other thoughts?
>
> Sue
>
>
> On Jul 29, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Steve B. Gerow wrote:
>
>> Get ( DocumentsPath ) gives the wrong documents folder - it gives the User Documents folder.
>>
>> I'm setting the following into a variable, then setting the path to the variable:
>> "filemac:/Macintosh HD/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Documents/" & MyTextFile.mer )
>>
>>
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>>
>> President
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>>
>>
>>> -------Original Message-------
>>> From: Sue <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Export records in Server script
>>> Sent: Jul 29 '10 14:35
>>>
>>> Thanks. That page seems very helpful.
>>>
>>> However, when I tried the script using simply: filemac: &
>>> Get(DocumentsPath) & filename to generate the address for the server
>>> to export the records file to, it still didn't work. I get an 800
>>> error code.
>>>
>>> The temporary folder option described sounds more complicated and if I
>>> can't get the first option to work, then I suspect I couldn't get that
>>> to work either.
>>>
>>> Any other helpful suggestions or webpages to help me figure this out?
>>>
>>> Thanks so much!
>>>
>>> Sue
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Stephen Wonfor wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sue
>>>>
>>>> See http://www.fmforums.com/forum/showpost.php?post/316043/
>>>>
>>>> Stephen
>>>>
>>>> ----------
>>>>
>>>> “I am easily satisfied with the very best.” - Winston Churchill
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Sue wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am trying, for the first time, to set up a scheduled script to
>>>>> export records from one of my files via the Server Administrator
>>>>> (version 10). It all seems pretty straightforward, but my script
>>>>> isn't working.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to save the exported records as a csv file in a folder
>>>>> on the server. I can run the filemaker script that exports the
>>>>> records quite successfully from my computer or another computer,
>>>>> and as long as the computer is connected to the appropriate folder
>>>>> on the server, it works.
>>>>>
>>>>> But when the Server Admin runs the script, nothing happens. I
>>>>> suspect that the server needs a different address or address format
>>>>> to figure out where to put the exported record file than what works
>>>>> from my computer, but I can't figure out how to name the correct
>>>>> address for the server's use into my script.
>>>>>
>>>>> From my computer: filemac:/foldername/filename.csv works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone offer advice on what I might need to change to get this
>>>>> working from the server?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks very much for any help,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sue
>>>
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