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Print

Purpose 

Prints information in a file.

Format 

Print [Restore; No dialog]

Options 

•	Select Perform without dialog to prevent the Print dialog box from displaying when the script step executes.

•	Select Specify print options or click Specify to specify an output destination. When the script executes, the output from this script step is sent to the printer or fax you specified.

Mac OS: As an alternative to specifying a printer or fax, you can:

•	Click PDF in the Print dialog box, then choose a PDF option from the list or choose Edit menu to define a custom PDF output format or destination

•	Click Preview in the Print dialog box to specify that the output of the script opens in the user’s default print preview application

If you do not specify an output destination before saving the script or if the specified printer cannot be found when the script executes, the output from the script step is sent to the user’s default printer.

Compatibility 

This script step is:

•	not supported in web publishing

•	not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script

Description 

Multiple print steps can be added to a script. You can store print options with this script step, or allow the user to enter printing criteria when the step executes.

If the print job needs special page setup options to print correctly, add a Print Setup script step before the Print step.

Notes

•	When you use more than one Print script step in a script, the saved printer name applies to only the containing Print script step.

•	A printer name specified in a Print Setup script step is not inherited by any Print script step in a script.

•	Mac OS: If a FileMaker Pro 9 (or earlier) file contains a script with Print Script [restore; no dialog], the output goes to the default OS printer when you run the script in FileMaker Pro 10. You can recreate print scripts in FileMaker Pro 10 to change the printer.

Examples 

Enter Browse Mode []
Go to Layout ["Layout #1"]
Print Setup [Restore; No dialog]
Show All Records
Sort Records [Restore; No dialog]
Print []

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