FM9 and Printing

Hi group

I was using FM6 with plugin "Change Printer" from productive computing.....
I just got the 10 licences bundle from FM and I starting to convert my
solution to FM9.... what about printer over network ?? Is it 100% working
that script also recall printer select not only setup.

In previous version FM can't recall printer, only the setup pages, found set
etc etc, I have 10 network printers that I use and I script to print and I
don't want the user to select himself the printer, and ChangePrinter is not
compatible with 8.5 and 9 ?!?!

Thank you

Re: FM9 and Printing

There is a printer plugin at

Also, the webpage for ChangePrinter says it's compatible with 9


Or you (on Mac) use an AppleScript. Or on Windows, use a Send Event
script step that calls a local .reg file. For example, I change to a
PDF printer in 6.0 with a .reg file called 'Print2pdf.reg' with the
following two lines in it. Of course, the registry location is going to
be different for 9.0:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\FileMaker\FileMaker Pro\6.0\Preferences]
"Printer"="Adobe PDF,winspool,Desktop\\*.pdf"


JF wrote:
> In previous version FM can't recall printer, only the setup pages, found set
> etc etc, I have 10 network printers that I use and I script to print and I
> don't want the user to select himself the printer, and ChangePrinter is not
> compatible with 8.5 and 9 ?!?!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howard Schlossberg
FM Professional Solutions, Inc. Los Angeles

FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

Re: FM9 and Printing

Thank you, the REG file was something new to me, but I get the point.... and
your also righ about Productive Computing... when I first start look to
switch from 6 to 8.5, the PC Change printer was not supported by FM7 and
up... now it is, but will require a new licence!! you upgrade from side, and
now 1000$ of dollars are require to upgrade all those 3rd party plug-ins !!

But I have done some testing, correct me if i'm wrong, but in FM8.5, the
print setup can save printer name and also paper size.... from a script I
can record and select manually "specify page setup" this do the same thing
as the plugin do ?!?!

Thank you

JF

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> There is a printer plugin at
>
> Also, the webpage for ChangePrinter says it's compatible with 9
>
>
> Or you (on Mac) use an AppleScript. Or on Windows, use a Send Event
> script step that calls a local .reg file. For example, I change to a PDF
> printer in 6.0 with a .reg file called 'Print2pdf.reg' with the following
> two lines in it. Of course, the registry location is going to be
> different for 9.0:
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\FileMaker\FileMaker Pro\6.0\Preferences]
> "Printer"="Adobe PDF,winspool,Desktop\\*.pdf"
>
>
> JF wrote:
>> In previous version FM can't recall printer, only the setup pages, found
>> set etc etc, I have 10 network printers that I use and I script to print
>> and I don't want the user to select himself the printer, and
>> ChangePrinter is not compatible with 8.5 and 9 ?!?!
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Howard Schlossberg
> FM Professional Solutions, Inc. Los Angeles
>
> FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
> Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance