Serialize pdf's

I see no issue with you eating alphabet cereal.
Eat in the morning and you should output it at the end of the programming day.

HTH and YWIA!

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Hi James,
This may work for you.

C1 =COMMENT/INPUT,YES,'Batch No.'
C2 =COMMENT/INPUT,YES,'Serial No.'



ASSIGN/COUNTER = 0
ASSIGN/STEPS = 100
START_LOOP =LABEL/
ASSIGN/FNAME = "\\"+PDF_FNAME+"_" + C1.INPUT + "_" + C2.INPUT + "_" + COUNTER + ".PDF"
V1 =FILE/EXISTS,FNAME
IF/V1<>0
ASSIGN/COUNTER = COUNTER + 1
IF/COUNTER==STEPS
C1 =COMMENT/YESNO,YES, do you want to overwrite file
IF/C1.INPUT=="YES"
ASSIGN/FNAME = "\\"+PDF_FNAME+"_" + C1.INPUT + "_" + C2.INPUT + "_" + COUNTER + ".PDF"
COMMENT/REPT,"File saved as =_" + (FNAME)
PRINT/REPORT,EXEC MODE=END,$
TO_FILE=ON,OVERWRITE=C:\RESULTS\TMP1.PDF,$
TO_PRINTER=OFF,DRAFTMODE=OFF,$
TO_DMIS_REPORT=OFF,FILE_OPTION=OVERWRITE,FILENAME=,$
REPORT_THEORETICALS=NONE,REPORT_FEATURE_WITH_DIMENSIONS=NO,$
PREVIOUS_RUNS=DELETE_INSTANCES
FILE/COPY,C:\RESULTS\TMP1.PDF,FNAME,OVERWRITE
GOTO/ENDOFFILE
END_IF/
IF/C1.INPUT=="NO"
GOTO/ENDOFFILE
END_IF/
END_IF/
GOTO/START_LOOP
END_IF/
END_LOOP =LABEL/
COMMENT/REPT,"File saved as =_" + (FNAME)
PRINT/REPORT,EXEC MODE=END,$
TO_FILE=ON,OVERWRITE=C:\RESULTS\TMP1.PDF,$
TO_PRINTER=OFF,DRAFTMODE=OFF,$
TO_DMIS_REPORT=OFF,FILE_OPTION=OVERWRITE,FILENAME=,$
REPORT_THEORETICALS=NONE,REPORT_FEATURE_WITH_DIMENSIONS=NO,$
PREVIOUS_RUNS=DELETE_INSTANCES
FILE/COPY,C:\RESULTS\TMP1.PDF,FNAME,OVERWRITE
ENDOFFILE =LABEL/

Hi pwhitsa.
I've tried sending you a private message but can't.

I'm in Lancs too! Can you pm me?

Look at the print command in this post

this is the code i use. i got this by using the search engine also.ASSIGN/PART = STR(GETTEXT(191,1,{FILEHEDR}))
ASSIGN/REVI = STR(GETTEXT(192,1,{FILEHEDR}))
ASSIGN/SERI = STR(GETTEXT(193,1,{FILEHEDR}))
ASSIGN/STATCNT = STR(GETTEXT(194,1,{FILEHEDR}))
ASSIGN/DATE = SYSTEMDATE("MMddyy")
ASSIGN/TIME = SYSTEMTIME("HHmmss")
ASSIGN/FILESTORELOCATION = "C:\Program Files\reports\ insert file name here\_"
ASSIGN/FILENAME = PART + "_" + DATE + "_" + TIME + C1.INPUT + ".PDF"
ASSIGN/VAL_FILE = FILESTORELOCATION + FILENAME
PRINT/REPORT,EXEC MODE=END,$
TO_FILE=ON,OVERWRITE=VAL_FILE,$
TO_PRINTER=OFF,$
TO_DMIS_REPORT=OFF,FILE_OPTION=INDEX,FILENAME=,$
REPORT_THEORETICALS=NONE,REPORT_FEATURE_WITH_DIMENSIONS=NO,$
PREVIOUS_RUNS=DELETE_INSTANCES
also if you want to input the date, use underscore and not backslashes. it wont
work with the backslashes.

wow not only did jimi get flamed, spoofed AND answered but he made a love connection... this place ROCKS!

This place is a great resource for us new guys.

How will you test for a legal file name character? What if user enters an illegal character? Where will the love be then?

How will you test for a legal file name character? What if user enters an illegal character? Where will the love be then?

Yeah I know. I've been thinking on that too. It's gonna have to be controlled at the operator input I guess.