Add Up Points From External Data

[draco66]

I know this is going to be simple for someone out there. I have only used external data once.

 

I have an external data file that contains order number, item ordered, and a point value for that item.

 

In my Fusion template I have a data file that contains the order number, shipping address, etc.

 

I need to go out to the external file and get all the point values for the items ordered for that same order number and add them up. This total point value will become part of the output file name of the PDF.

 

Ex: 40_THK1376.pdf (the 40_ is the total point value of the order and the rest of the file name is the order number itself)

 

Thank you for your help.

[Dan Korn]

Something like this:

var total = 0;
var XDF = new ExternalDataFileEx("orders.txt");
var items = XDF.FindRecords("Order Number", Field("Order Number"));
for (var i in items)
   total += Int(XDF.GetFieldValue(items[i], "Point Value"));
FusionPro.Composition.OpenNewOutputFile(total + "_" + Field("Order Number") + "." + FusionPro.Composition.outputFormatExtension);

[draco66]

Worked perfectly.

 

Thank you.