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PrintDialog.Install

Installs the extension for the printer dialog.

Component Version macOS Windows Server FileMaker Cloud FileMaker iOS SDK
PrintDialog 3.5 Yes No No No No
MBS( "PrintDialog.Install" )   More

Parameters

none

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Installs the extension for the printer dialog.
Only after PrintDialog.Install was called, you can use PrintDialog.Enable.
You only call this method once.

This is Mac only. For Windows, please check Printer.SetPrinter and Printer.Print.

Examples

Install and print to PDF:

Set Variable [$r; MBS( "PrintDialog.Install")]
Set Variable [$r; MBS( "PrintDialog.Enable")]
Set Variable [$r; MBS( "PrintDialog.SetPrintToPDF"; 1)]
Set Variable [$r; MBS( "PrintDialog.SetDestinationPath"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/test.pdf")]
Set Variable [$r; MBS( "PrintDialog.SetNoDialog"; 1 )]
Print []

See also

Example Databases

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 14th November 2016


PrintDialog.GetTray   -   PrintDialog.SetAllPages

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