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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 |
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 function 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
- PrintDialog.Disable
- PrintDialog.Enable
- PrintDialog.GetLastSettings
- PrintDialog.SetDestinationPath
- PrintDialog.SetNoDialog
- PrintDialog.SetPrintToPDF
- PrintDialog.SetResetDestination
- Printer.Print
- Printer.SetPrinter
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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 20th April 2019
PrintDialog.GetTray - PrintDialog.SetAllPages
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