Hi Dan, I did as you suggested heres what I have:
// OnJobStart rule to repeat records
var RepeatFieldName = "Repeat Count"; // EDIT THIS
var FieldDelimiter = ","; // EDIT THIS ("\t" for tab-delimited)
var orginputfilename = FusionPro.Composition.inputFileName;
// For composition, the original name is set,
// and the new name must be specified as an HFS path on Mac.
// EDIT THIS
var newfilename = "/Macintosh HD/Users/admin/Desktop/Jobs/Business Card
Repeat/tempout.txt";
if (FusionPro.inValidation)
{
// For composition, both names must be specified as POSIX paths on Mac.
// EDIT THIS
orginputfilename = "/Macintosh HD/Users/admin/Desktop/Jobs/Business Card
Repeat/Instance.TXT";
// EDIT THIS
newfilename = "/Macintosh HD/Users/admin/Desktop/Jobs/Business Card
Repeat/tempout.txt";
}
// DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE
var sf = new ExternalDataFileEx(orginputfilename, FieldDelimiter);
if (!sf.valid)
throw("Unable to open ExternalDataFile: " + orginputfilename);
var of = new File(newfilename);
//of.remove();
if (of.open("create") == false)
throw("Could not create output file.");
of.close();
if (of.open("write") == false)
throw("Could not write output file.");
for (var i=0;i<sf.fieldCount;i++)
{
if (i)
of.write(FieldDelimiter);
of.write(sf.GetFieldValue(0, i));
}
of.write("\r\n");
var NewInputTotalRecords = 0;
for (var i = 0 ; i <= sf.recordCount; i++)
{
var startval = 1;
var repeatcount = Int(sf.GetFieldValue(i, RepeatFieldName));
for(var j = 0; j < repeatcount; j++)
{
NewInputTotalRecords++;
for(var k = 0; k < sf.fieldCount; k++)
{
if (k)
of.write(FieldDelimiter);
switch(sf.GetFieldValue(0, k))
{
case RepeatFieldName:
of.write(startval+j);
break;
default:
of.write(sf.GetFieldValue(i, k));
}
}
of.write("\r\n");
}
}
of.close();
FusionPro.Composition.inputFileName = newfilename;
var message = orginputfilename + "\n" + sf.recordCount + " records\n\n";
message += FusionPro.Composition.inputFileName + "\n" +
NewInputTotalRecords + " records";
Print(message);
return message;
When I validate I get the following error:
OnJobStart, line 75 :Error:File operation failed
Thanks,
Richard.
Transcontinental
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