So for mergeList I would include all files that i want merged (those required and optional) and thisFile I would include the the optional files? I also have two sets of optional files cv 1 through 6 and appendix 1 through 6. Can I use thisFile for both?
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > > You'd probably want to build your merge list dynamically: > > <cfset mergeList = "" /> > <cfloop from="1" to="6" index="i"> > <cfset thisFile = "D:\uploads\FAD\#evaluate('cv' & i)#" /> > <cfif fileExists(thisFile)> > <cfset listAppend(mergeList, thisFile) /> > </cfif> > </cfloop> > > Then use #mergeList# as the "source" attribute for cfpdf since it > should only include files that were uploaded and exist on the server. > I'd avoid using evaluate() if possible though, I included it here for > your existing variable names but you could do better using a structure > to store the filenames instead. > > -- > Justin Scott > > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Michelle Dupray <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I have a form where people submitted pdf documents. I want to give them > the option to merge pdf documents if possible. Not all the documents people > submitted were required, some were optional. I'm noticing that when somebody > did not submit an optional document the Merge Pdfs link doesn't appear and I > presume it is because the system can't find the optional document. Is there > anyway around this? In the code below #cv2# through #cv6#. Thanks in advance > for your help! > > > > <cftry> > > <cfpdf action="merge" source="D:\uploads\FAD\#cv1#, > D:\uploads\FAD\#cv2#, D:\uploads\FAD\#cv3#, D:\defaultweb\uploads\FAD\#cv4#, > D:\defaultweb\uploads\FAD\#cv5#, D:\defaultweb\uploads\FAD\#project_desc#, > D:\defaultweb\uploads\FAD\#abstract_file#, > D:\defaultweb\uploads\FAD\#budget_file#, > D:\defaultweb\uploads\FAD\#bibliography#, > D:\defaultweb\uploads\FAD\#appendices#" > destination="D:\defaultweb\uploads\FAD\twoChaps.pdf" overwrite="yes"> > > <a href="http://www.example.org/uploads/FAD/twoChaps.pdf"; > target="_blank">Merged Pdf</a><cfcatch></cfcatch></cftry> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/message.cfm/messageid:5195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/unsubscribe.cfm
