How to create file paths in FileMaker? What seems a simple question is not simple at all. There are good solutions to many questions, but if you are confronted with non-working scripts, what should you do? To our best knowledge, sample file can highlight the basics, isolate questions and techniques to find better solutions.
Filepaths are depending on platforms. That is why there are absolute paths, formatted with the requirements of the active platform. There are also FileMaker paths, results from script steps and relative paths.
Beside these differences, one should be able to build paths, enhance it with file names and the like, in order to export content to files, import files or folders. What is the best approach in each of the cases you need to solve?
It’s all about finding the right connections to make file paths work.
Sample file explaining how to create valid file paths for your FileMaker workflows.