Variable print file name

Kenneth Brody kenbrody at spamcop.net
Thu Apr 9 07:45:13 PDT 2015


On 4/8/2015 4:27 PM, Ken Wakeman wrote:
>
> Using filepro 5.7.03
> Openserver 6
>
>
> How can I set the destination file ( PDF) to a variable name ?
>
> In this case i would like to set it from the Printer Maintenance Screen
>
> Name : Kentest
> Type   : fpml
> Destination :PDF:/u/appl/fpmerge/ReportsFP/"filename".pdf
>
> If I use an actual static "filename" it works fine
> But how can i make it a variable that filepro will assign ?

You can't use a filePro variable in printer maintenance.  You can, however, 
use one of the PRINTER commands in processing.  For example:

PRINTER "PDF:>/u/appl/fpmerge/ReportsFP/" { filename { ".pdf"

-- 
Kenneth Brody


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