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Hi, 

if you add to the filenam "mypdf.pfd" a timestam like:

now() + "mypdf.pdf"

it will not replace the already existing files, because every file get a new name.

Best, Jörg

How did you try it? Can I see your formula please?

The problem is the "/" generated by the now() function. You can use the format function to remove the "/". This is what I did and it worked correctly.

let txtPDFName := format(now(), "MM-DD-YYYY") + " mypdf.pdf";
importFile(this, printAndSaveRecord(this, "Table2"), txtPDFName)

It turns out that ":" is also a problem. You can use now() so a new document is produced each time, but you have to replace "/" and ":". This is how I did it.

let txtNow := text(now());
let txtReplace1 := replace(txtNow, "/", "-");
let txtReplace2 := replace(txtReplace1, ":", "-");
let txtPDFName := txtReplace2 + " mypdf.pdf";
importFile(this, printAndSaveRecord(this, "Table2"), txtPDFName)

You can use a different symbol than "-". I used it as an example because I know it works.

I'm using the now() function because that was the original solution. I would probably use a different auto increment scheme, but I'll stick with now(). This should work.

let txtNow := format(now(), "MM-DD-YYYY HH-mm-ss");
let txtPDFName := txtNow + " mypdf.pdf";
importFile(this, printAndSaveRecord(this, "Table2"), txtPDFName)

This actually simpifies it a little bit.

Another option for now() is this.

let txtNow := text(number(now()));

It will generate a file name like this... 1540416426537 mypdf.pdf

Hi,

Files can also be numbered sequentially,

let n := count(files(this));
let attName := "Invoice " + n + ".pdf";
importFile(this, printAndSaveRecord(this, "Invoice"), attName)

Regards,

Sakshi- Ninox