fern Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I have a situation where I am NOT able to import the Data Source File into my pdf. I've tried every extension (.xls, .cvs, .txt, .prn, .dif, yet I only am able to see 2 files, and it gives me an error message. 1. What am I messing in the First Step of "Importing My Data" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Marshall Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 First verify your file format. Open the file in Excel, do a "Save-As", "Text Tab Delimited". In Fusionpro click the "Orange" "F" to display the Fusionpro "Steps" menu. The option will appear to import the data. Also, if accessing the data file from our workflow file server, verify network access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Well I followed your instructions and received an error message: "Failed to open file </Volumes/BlueEarthShared?vivian/7079 ESCORT CARD/ESCORT CARD list.txt>. I continue to have this problem from very simple excel data source, all it has are names, and this is very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 "No record was found in the input data file. Make sure it is in the correct format." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Marshall Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 what if you renamed the folder and remove the question mark "?" indicated in the path: "BlueEarthShared?vivian". Reopen and relink data, pdf, fields, etc in the frames. Did this help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 I added the " to inclose the message, and the rest of the info is the link to my Data Source File. I need to find a company that is in the Culver City or Downtown Los Angeles area that I can go and sit with them and see how it's done, and ask questions as we go along, and bring my own files. This online webnars are nice, but nothing like be able to work on a real file that I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Could it have anything to do with working off the server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Marshall Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Possibly interruption with the data on your fileserver. Maybe a server time out could have contributed to it. There is also the possibility of intermittent network connectivity from your workstation to the file server. Again, I'm only guessing this might be the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreightTrain Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Fern, Try working from your machine, NOT on a folder on your network. Gather your PDF, resources and data file, into one folder and start from step one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Korn Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Also, please start a new thread for each new question. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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