macOS Pasting to filename in Applescript

[DaveGoff]

Hello,

I have a Filemaker app that I have been working on and I want my report script to export the report as a pdf with the name of the file determined by a field.

It seems that I had done this long ago by having Filemaker copy the field contents to the clipboard, then had Applescript paste the clipboard into the name of the appropriate file.

I can't seem to see how to "paste" anything in Applescript now. Is the an easier way to do this?

DaveGoff

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[lancestraz]

Why not copy the fields content directly to a variable?

set fieldContent to the content of field thisOne

Or whatever the syntax for FileMaker is.

Then rename it.

tell application "Finder"
	set name of ("Macintosh HD:Report.pdf" as alias) to (fieldContent & ".pdf")
end tell

 

[DaveGoff]

Turns out my thinking was just all wrong. No need for Applescript at all Filemaker scripting can handle the whole thing.

These two steps took care of the problem

Set Variable [$path; Value:"file:" & Get ( DesktopPath ) & "Reports/" & FilenameField & ".pdf"
Save Records as PDF [Restore; No Dialog; "$path"; Records being browsed]

Thanks for the help though!


DaveGoff

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