PDF Export with file name according to serial number

Adapting from a script where I save a PDF...

Set Variable [$Path ; Value:  "file:" & Get ( DesktopPath ) & yourTable::OrderID & ".PDF" ]
Save Records as PDF [Restore; No dialog ; $Path ; ... //specify options appropriate to your needs]

This saves the PDF to your desktop. If you want it saved to a different location, you'll need to specify the path to that location in place of Get ( DesktopPath ).

That looks exactly correct. The syntax perfectly matches the script where I have this working.

What happens if you enable the automatic open option so that the saved PDF automatically opens?

Phil - does it not need to be filemac: in front of that?  When I show a custom dialogue with just Get (DesktopPath ) I get /C:/Documents and setting etc.  The relative path syntax quoted doesn't include the leading /.  The other syntaxeses-es do have the leading slash, but they are filewin: or filemac:

But you've got a script with it working, and nothing beats that!

It's something I and another forum poster discovered a while back when we were discussing this very same issue. By using File: instead of FileMac or FileWin, you get a path that is cross platform compatible and is much simpler than adding a complex expression to check platforms before setting a platform specific path.

Huh! That'll teach me to read the destructions...