Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings

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PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings

Queries current print settings.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
PDFKit	9.2	Yes	No	No	No	No

MBS( "PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings" ) More

Parameters

none

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Queries current print settings.
For user to read. To save settings, you can use PDFKit.SetPrintSetting and PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings.

Since version 10.1 we return settings as JSON instead of XML and includes print parameter.

Examples

Queries last print settings:

Set Variable [ $v ; Value: MBS( "PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings") ]
If [ MBS("IsError") ]
Set Field [ PDFKit Print::Result ; $v ]
Else
Set Field [ PDFKit Print::Settings ; $v ]
Set Field [ PDFKit Print::Result ; "OK" ]
End If

Example Databases

Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Print PDF

Blog Entries

Release notes

Version 10.1
- Rewrote PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings, PageSetupDialog.GetLastSettings and PrintDialog.GetLastSettings to return result as JSON.
Version 9.2
- Added PDFKit.GetPrintLastSettings function.

Created 13th March 2019, last changed 21st February 2020

PDFKit.GetPDFText - PDFKit.GetPrintOption

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