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Prints a PDF without dialogs.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
PDFKit | 4.0 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on macOS | ❌ No |
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. |
Returns OK or error.
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 )]
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 10th April 2022