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PDFKit.GetPrintSetting

Queries print settings for printing PDF.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server FileMaker iOS SDK
PDFKit 4.0 Yes No No Yes, macOS only No
MBS( "PDFKit.GetPrintSetting"; Selector )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
Selector Which value to query. "FaxNumber"

Result

Returns value or error.

Description

Queries print settings for printing PDF.
See also PDFKit.Print function.
See also PDFKit.SetPrintSetting where options are described.

You can query default printer name using "DefaultPrinter" as selector.
New in 8.1 you can use selector LastSettings to query last settings as XML and discover what options are set by using the dialog, e.g. the tray names.

Examples

Query printer:

MBS( "PDFKit.GetPrintSetting"; "printer" )

Query default printer:

MBS( "PDFKit.GetPrintSetting"; "DefaultPrinter" )

Query last settings as xml:

MBS( "PDFKit.GetPrintSetting"; "LastSettings" )

See also

Example Databases

Blog Entries

Release notes

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 2nd February 2018


PDFKit.GetPrintOption   -   PDFKit.NewPDFDocument

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