DynaPDF.Print

Prints the PDF file that is currently in memory.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
PrinterName	Printer name. Ignored if dialog is shown. See Printer.PrinterNames functiomn for printer names. If empty, we take it from printer settings.	"myPrinter"	Optional
TempPath	The path to temporary folder. Can be empty for default folder.	""	Optional
DocName	The name of the print job.	"My PDF Print"	Optional
PrintFlags	The flags for printing. Can be a combination of Default, 1bit, Color, AutoRotateAndCenter, PrintAsImage or ShrinkToPrintArea. Can be just the text name of an option or the sum of the numbers.	"Color"	Optional
MarginLeft	The margin for the left for the page. Pass zero if you don't need an extra margin.		Optional
MarginTop	The margin for the top for the page.		Optional
MarginRight	The margin for the right for the page.		Optional
MarginBottom	The margin for the bottom for the page.		Optional
ShowDialog	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	Optional
MaxRes	The maximum resolution to use. If value is zero or empty, we use default print resolution.	300	Optional

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

See also Print function in DynaPDF manual.

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

Print with portrait:

Set Variable [ $Flags ; Value: 16 ]
Set Variable [ $ShowDialog ; Value: 0 ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.Print.SetSetting"; "PaperSize"; 9) // A4 210 x 297 mm ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.Print.SetSetting"; "Orientation"; 1) // Portrait ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.Print.SetSetting"; "PrinterName"; "Microsoft Print to PDF") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.Print"; $pdf; ""; ""; ""; $Flags; ""; ""; ""; ""; $ShowDialog) ]

See also

• DynaPDF.List
• DynaPDF.Print.FormNames
• DynaPDF.Print.GetDevMode
• DynaPDF.Print.GetDevNames
• DynaPDF.Print.GetSetting
• DynaPDF.Print.SetDevMode
• DynaPDF.Print.SetDevNames
• DynaPDF.Print.SetSetting
• PDFKit.Print
• Printer.PrinterNames

Release notes

• Version 11.5
  • Added DynaPDF.Print.FormNames function to get list of form names for printer on Windows.
  • Improved DynaPDF.Print.SetSetting to make it work better.
• Version 11.4
  • Added DynaPDF.Print.GetSetting and DynaPDF.Print.SetSetting functions.
  • Improved threading for DynaPDF.Print functions to store settings per thread to avoid potential threading issues.
• Version 10.5
  • Changed DynaPDF.Print to tell printer dialog that we are okay with collate and copies, so that option may get enabled on supporting printer drivers.
• Version 9.1
  • Added MaxRes Parameter for DynaPDF.Print function.
• Version 8.4
  • Changed DynaPDF.Print to get default printer, if you pass empty printer name.
  • Improved DynaPDF.Print to use the device mode set with DynaPDF.Print.SetDevMode even if no dialog is used.
• Version 8.2
  • Added checks to DynaPDF.Optimize, DynaPDF.Print and DynaPDF.Save to complain if no pages are in document.
• Version 8.0
  • Fixed bugs with DynaPDF.Print and scaling pages for some printers.
• Version 7.0
  • Added DynaPDF.Print.GetDevMode, DynaPDF.Print.GetDevNames, DynaPDF.Print.SetDevMode and DynaPDF.Print.SetDevNames.

Example Databases

• DynaPDF/Print PDF with options
• DynaPDF/Print PDF

Blog Entries

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• MBS FileMaker Plugin 5.4 for OS X/Windows

This function is free to use.

Created 21st October 2015, last changed 3th April 2024

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