Question Re: Invalid File Path in Enterprise Resource Planning Q&A

Invalid File Path

johnson_paily — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:52:42 GMT

Hi Experts

I have refered previous threads on the above

My client is getting invalid file path error when trying to export to word. They cannot keep the path to local C:/ Prgramme Files as they have another add-on (mail-merge) which uses word templates and they are stored in a folder located on the server. I tried copying the EnglishUK folder to this location thinking SAP might recongnise the path, it is not.

Does this path need to be always local ? Will it work if I point to B1-SHR becuase I tried on a different machine the word document opens up but it is the layout and not the data...

Any help is appreciated !

regards

JOhnson

Re: Invalid File Path

Former Member — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:04:53 GMT

Hi Johnson,

Try to Share you SAP Business One\WordDocs folder within the network with full authorization and set this as the default path.

Regards,

Darius Gragasin

Re: Invalid File Path

johnson_paily — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:43:49 GMT

Hi Darius,

Thanks for your comment, that s what i did, copied the English UK folder to the server path and made default, it doesn't work

regards

Johnson

Re: Invalid File Path

Former Member — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:50:05 GMT

Hi Johnson,

you dont need to copy the entire folder. all you need to do is share this and let other people access this folder. say for example
server\wordocs . If its not working, why dont you try to set it under C: root folder? will it work? hope we can find the right solution to your problem

Regards,

Darius Gragasin

Re: Invalid File Path

johnson_paily — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:55:48 GMT

I cannot change the path to C as I said in my first email they have an add-on which requires server path as default coz the templates are shared amoung all users and there are 100s of templates.

I can try moving add-on templates to B1_SHR path. But need to know if that works as I was getting error as well.

regards

Johnson

Re: Invalid File Path

Former Member — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:00:46 GMT

I have a client here and that is exactly what i did, shared the folder all over the network and we can successfully import the word document from SAP.

Regards,

Darius Gragasin

Re: Invalid File Path

johnson_paily — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:21:22 GMT

Thanks Darius, I will try this again and let you know. Have a nice weekend !

regards

Johnson

Re: Invalid File Path

johnson_paily — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:43:48 GMT

Hi All,

With regard to this issue, when a user exports a document to word, the path is a folder on the network but the document always saves on the user's local drive ' u2018C:\Program Files\SAP\SAP Business One\WordDocs\company_name\docnumber' Is this normal ? the help file says

''' u2019Microsoft Word Templates Folder

Select the directory where you want to store MS Word templates for exporting data to Microsoft Word. When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users. u2018u2019'

Am confused should it not save on the network path ? Please can anyone confirm ?

regards

Johnson