Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: DynaPDF.Print

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New in version: 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Statistic

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

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.

Name	Value	Description
Default	0	Gray printing
1Bit	1	B/W printing. Recommended for b&w printers
Color	2	Color printing
AutoRotateAndCenter	4	Rotate and center pages if necessary
PrintAsImage	8	Default on Windows
ShrinkToPrintArea	16	Useful if a page contains no margins
PrintPageAsIs	256	Print 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

Example Databases

DynaPDF.PlaceTemplateEx - DynaPDF.Print.GetDevMode