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Printer Dialog

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Printer Dialog.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	4
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	24

File Options
Default custom menu set	[Standard FileMaker Menus]
When opening file
Minimum allowed version	12.0
Login using	Account Name; Account= Admin
Allow user to save password	Off
Require iOS passcode	Off
Switch to layout	Off
Hide all toolbars	Off
Script triggers
OnFirstWindowOpen	Off
OnLastWindowClose	Off
OnWindowOpen	Off
OnWindowClose	Off
OnFileAVPlayerChange	Off
Thumbnail Settings
Generate Thumbnails	On; Temporary

Tables

Table Name	Statistics	Occurrences in Relationship Graph
Printer Dialog	10 fields defined, 2 records	Printer Dialog

Fields

Table Name: Printer Dialog - 10 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
Printer Name	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Set Printer Setup Printer
Close Dialog	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Setup Printer
Number of Copies	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Setup Printer
Paper Format	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Set Printer Setup Printer
Paper Orientation	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Set Printer Setup Printer
Paper Source	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Set Printer Setup Printer
Pages From	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Setup Printer
Pages To	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Setup Printer
Collage Pages	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Setup Printer
Print What	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Printer Dialog		Setup Printer

Layout Objects: Printer Dialog

Regular Fields

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Printer Name

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 69 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 91 pt
Right: 383 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Close Dialog

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 93 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 115 pt
Right: 209 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Number of Copies

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 117 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 139 pt
Right: 209 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Paper Format

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 141 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 163 pt
Right: 383 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Paper Orientation

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 165 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 187 pt
Right: 383 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Paper Source

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 189 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 211 pt
Right: 383 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Pages From

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 213 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 235 pt
Right: 383 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Pages To

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 237 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 259 pt
Right: 383 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Collage Pages

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 261 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 283 pt
Right: 209 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: Printer Dialog::Print What

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 285 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 307 pt
Right: 209 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: Default for Data Type
Go to next field using: Tab key

Type:

Text: Set Printer

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 68 pt
Left: 439 pt
Bottom: 91 pt
Right: 562 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Set Printer” ]

Scripts:

Set Printer

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Setup Printer

Layout Name:

Printer Dialog

Top: 333 pt
Left: 130 pt
Bottom: 356 pt
Right: 253 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Setup Printer” ]

Scripts:

Setup Printer

Next Script: [Setup Printer]

Script Name	Set Printer
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	Printer Dialog
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	#let us pick printer, paper and orientation in the page setup dialog. Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("Printer.SetPrinter"; Printer Dialog::Printer Name; 1; Printer Dialog::Paper Format; Printer Dialog::Paper Orientation; Printer Dialog::Paper Source) ] Pause/Resume Script [ Duration (seconds): 2 ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Result"; Message: MBS("Printer.ErrorLog"); Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes”; Button 2: “Cancel”, Commit: “No” ]
Fields used in this script	Printer Dialog::Printer Name Printer Dialog::Paper Format Printer Dialog::Paper Orientation Printer Dialog::Paper Source
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Tables used in this script	Printer Dialog
Table occurrences used by this script	Printer Dialog
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Previous Script: [Set Printer]

Next Script: [Current Values]

Script Name	Setup Printer
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	Printer Dialog
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("Printer.Print"; Printer Dialog::Printer Name; Printer Dialog::Close Dialog; Printer Dialog::Number of Copies; Printer Dialog::Paper Format; Printer Dialog::Paper Orientation; Printer Dialog::Paper Source; Printer Dialog::Pages From; Printer Dialog::Pages To; Printer Dialog::Collage Pages; Printer Dialog::Print What) ] Pause/Resume Script [ Duration (seconds): 2 ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Result"; Message: MBS("Printer.ErrorLog"); Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes”; Button 2: “Cancel”, Commit: “No” ]
Fields used in this script	Printer Dialog::Printer Name Printer Dialog::Close Dialog Printer Dialog::Number of Copies Printer Dialog::Paper Format Printer Dialog::Paper Orientation Printer Dialog::Paper Source Printer Dialog::Pages From Printer Dialog::Pages To Printer Dialog::Collage Pages Printer Dialog::Print What
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Tables used in this script	Printer Dialog
Table occurrences used by this script	Printer Dialog
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Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [Setup Printer]

Next Script: [Query current]

Script Name	Current Values
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Show Custom Dialog [ Title: MBS( "Printer.CurrentPrinterName"; 1 ) & ": " & MBS( "Printer.CurrentPrinterName"; 0 ); Message: MBS( "Printer.PrinterNames" ); Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No” ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: MBS( "Printer.CurrentPaperSource"; 1 ) & ": " & MBS( "Printer.CurrentPaperSource"; 0 ); Message: MBS( "Printer.PaperSources" ); Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No” ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: MBS( "Printer.CurrentPaperFormat"; 1 ) & ": " & MBS( "Printer.CurrentPaperFormat"; 0 ); Message: MBS( "Printer.PaperFormats" ); Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No” ]
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Previous Script: [Current Values]

Script Name	Query current
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Siri Shortcut Visible	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	#let dialog run and make no changes. We have * for orientation to not change it, but still show subdialog, so we can get list of paper formats Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "Printer.Print"; ""; 2; ""; ""; "*") ] Pause/Resume Script [ Duration (seconds): 1 ] #now see if we got something Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Current Settings"; Message: MBS( "Printer.CurrentPrinterName") & ¶ & MBS( "Printer.CurrentPrintWhat") & ¶ & MBS( "Printer.CurrentPaperSource") & ¶ & MBS( "Printer.CurrentPaperFormat"); Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No” ]
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