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PDFKit.Print
Prints a PDF without dialogs.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| PDFKit | 4.0 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on macOS | ❌ No |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| A container value with the PDF content from a media field. Or a text with an URL. Or a PDF reference from PDFKit.Open. |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Prints a PDF without dialogs.Optionally if you have a fax printer, you can also pass fax number to send a fax.
Please use PDFKit.ResetPrintSettings and then call PDFKit.SetPrintSetting for all the settings you need.
Please use DynaPDF.Print for Windows.
Printing may fail on Server if no printer selected or printer is not turned on.
Examples
Print a PDF container:
MBS( "PDFKit.Print"; MyTable::MyDocumentContainer )
Fax a PDF container:
MBS( "PDFKit.ResetPrintSettings" )
MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "FaxNumber"; "+123456" )
MBS( "PDFKit.Print"; MyTable::MyDocumentContainer )
Print page 2 to 10 and make 3 copies:
MBS( "PDFKit.ResetPrintSettings" )
MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "FirstPage"; 2 )
MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "LastPage"; 10 )
MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "Copies"; 3 )
MBS( "PDFKit.Print" )
Print with options:
# print pdf
Set Variable [$print3; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.ResetPrintSettings" )]
Set Variable [$print4; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "Printer"; "Cliques Xerox" )]
Set Variable [$print5; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "FirstPage"; PDF::PrintPageFrom )]
Set Variable [$print6; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "LastPage"; PDF::PrintPageTo )]
Set Variable [$print7; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "Copies"; 1 )]
Set Variable [$print8; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "scalingMode"; "DownToFit" )]
Set Variable [$print8; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.SetPrintSetting"; "DuplexMode"; "DuplexNoTumble" )]
Set Variable [$print9; Value:MBS( "PDFKit.Print"; PDF::Annotated PDF )]
See also
- DynaPDF.Print
- ErrorLog
- PDFKit.GetPrintSetting
- PDFKit.List
- PDFKit.Open
- PDFKit.ResetPrintSettings
- PDFKit.SetPrintSetting
- Printer.Print
Release notes
- Version 8.5
- Changed PDFKit.Print to automatically disable print dialogs when printing on FileMaker Server.
Example Databases
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Extract PDF Pages
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/PDFKit Print Documents
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/PDFKit Print
- Mac and iOS/PDFKit/Print PDF
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This function checks for a paid license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 10th April 2022
