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DynaPDF.Print

Prints the PDF file that is currently in memory.

Component Version macOS Windows Server FileMaker Cloud FileMaker iOS SDK
DynaPDF 5.4 No Yes Yes, Windows only No No

MBS( "DynaPDF.Print"; PDF { ; printerName; TempPath; DocName; PrintFlags; MarginLeft; MarginTop; MarginRight; MarginBottom; ShowDialog } )

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value
PDF The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. $pdf
printerName Optional
Printer name.
Ignored if dialog is shown.
See Printer.PrinterNames functiomn for printer names.		 "myPrinter"
TempPath Optional
The path to temporary folder.
Can be empty for default folder.		 ""
DocName Optional
The name of the print job.		 "My PDF Print"
PrintFlags Optional
The flags for printing. Can be Default, 1bit, Color, AutoRotateAndCenter, PrintAsImage or ShrinkToPrintArea.
Can be just the text name of an option or the sum of the numbers.		 "Color"
MarginLeft Optional
The margin for the left for the page.
Pass zero if you don't need an extra margin.
MarginTop Optional
The margin for the top for the page.
MarginRight Optional
The margin for the right for the page.
MarginBottom Optional
The margin for the bottom for the page.
ShowDialog Optional
Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 6.5 or newer.
Whether to show dialog.
Default is 0 as we want no dialog.
Pass 1 to show a dialog here.		 0

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Prints the PDF file that is currently in memory.
At time of publication the function is implemented on Windows only and pages are printed as image.
The parameter DocName is optional but should be set if possible. The document name is set to "out" if no name is provided.

Output color format
It is possible to determine which color formats a printer supports as input, but it is not possible to determine whether a printer outputs black & white, gray shades, or color. The default should be set to gray or 1 bit but the user should be able to configure the color format.

Maximum output resolution
The maximum output resolution is 600 DPI to restrict the memory usage and to reduce the amount of data that must be send to the printer.

NameValueDescription
Default0Gray printing
1Bit1B/W printing. Recommended for b&w printers
Color2Color printing
AutoRotateAndCenter4Rotate and center pages if necessary
PrintAsImage8Default on Windows
ShrinkToPrintArea16Useful if a page contains no margins
PrintPageAsIs256Print page as is, ignoring paper size.

Please use PDFKit.Print for Mac OS X. Requires DynaPDF Pro license.

If you only want to print a selection of pages, please only import those pages via DynaPDF.ImportPDFPage function. Or use DynaPDF.DeletePage to remove the pages you don't want to print.

Examples

Prints a PDF to printer

MBS( "DynaPDF.Print"; $PDF; "MyPrinter")

Import PDF and print:

#Initialize DynaPDF if needed
If [MBS("DynaPDF.IsInitialized") ≠ 1]
    Perform Script [“InitDynaPDF”]
End If
#Clear current PDF document
Set Variable [$pdf; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New")]
#Load PDF from container
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf; Print PDFs::InputPDF)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile"; $pdf; $destpage)]
#Print
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Print"; $pdf; Print PDFs::Printer Name; 2+4+16)]
#Cleanup
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf)]

Print with dialog:

MBS("DynaPDF.Print";
$pdf;
""; // printer name
""; // temp path
""; // job name
"Default"; // options
""; // margins
"";
"";
"";
1) // show dialog

See also

Example Databases


DynaPDF.PlaceTemplateEx   -   DynaPDF.Print.GetDevMode

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