{"id":4018,"date":"2016-04-04T16:45:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2018-05-01T16:29:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:29:51","slug":"create-pdf-output-to-specific-directories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/create-pdf-output-to-specific-directories\/","title":{"rendered":"Create PDF Output to Specific Directories"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is simple to create multiple output paths for PDF files. In this example, you want to store purchase orders (POs) in a different directory for each vendor ID. The set up is in two parts: Defining the variable that includes the output path\u00a0and setting up the output.<\/p>\n

Define\u00a0the variable<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the eFORMz Composer, define a variable that includes the relative or absolute path and file name for the PDF file.<\/p>\n

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  1. Create the variables you need to create the PDF path and file name. This example uses the variables VendorNumber and PONumber, which are created from the data file.<\/li>\n
  2. Create the variable that contains the path and file name by right clicking the form > Add variable > By position.<\/li>\n
  3. Name the variable POFilename and click OK.<\/li>\n
  4. Right click the variable POFilename > Add function > Set Value to specify a value. For example, you can use the Set Value and Concatenate functions to set the variable to have the following values. For example create the file path and name, C:\\archive\\POs\\V001234\\PO5678, with the following operations:
    \n\"Path\"eDIRECT adds the file extension, .pdf, later. Two slashes are used so the program knows it is a literal value. The following image of the Variables window shows the variables involved in the operation:\"PathB\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Set up the output<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Open your project in the eFORMz Composer.<\/li>\n
    2. Click the eDIRECT (or eDIRECT PLUS) tab at the bottom of the Project window.<\/li>\n
    3. Right click in the Project window > Add Output > Print.<\/li>\n
    4. Right click Print > Add job > To File.<\/li>\n
    5. Select PDF and click the File tab.<\/li>\n
    6. Click Variable and select the variable POFilename\u00a0that includes the file name and path.<\/li>\n
    7. Click Use default extention. This adds the .pdf extension to the file.\u00a0Click OK.\"PathC\"<\/li>\n
    8. Right click the Content: (PDF) step > Add form and select the form to include in the PDF output. Add additional forms if your PDF is composed of multiple forms.<\/li>\n
    9. Save your changes.<\/li>\n
    10. Test your output by clicking Run > Process with eDIRECT (or eDIRECT PLUS).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Deactive the standard subdirectories file path<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Select Add Output Process > Process w\/eDirectPlus. From there, select Change > Disable standard subdirectories inside the Director Toolkit.<\/p>\n

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      It is simple to create multiple output paths for PDF files. In this example, you want to store purchase orders (POs) in a different directory for each vendor ID. The set up is in two parts: Defining the variable that includes the output path\u00a0and setting up the output. Define\u00a0the variable In the eFORMz Composer, define […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4018"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6674,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4018\/revisions\/6674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}