I have been using a script that:

1) changes to a different layout

2) page setup

3) print

4) returns to a default layout

The question is that if at step 3 when the print dialog box comes up and the user chooses cancel, then they halt the script, they are left on the new layout from step one. What can I do if they cancel during any of the steps to then force the record back to a specific layout?

LR

Well, I know that many cancels can be caught by the Set ERror Capture [on] Then, you can have an on error segment that handles corrective measures. Worth testing anyway

No.

Use the "Allow User Abort [Off]" script step to prevent the user form cancelling the script mid-way through. Make it the very first step.

Set Error Capture on? So does this mean there is a way to include a section in my script that if the script is cancelled, at that point another section of the script will run that makes sure the user is returned to a certain layout?

LR

Set up a script such as this should get you what you want.

Set Error Capture[On]

Allow User Abort [Off]

Go to Layout [Print Layout]

Page Setup [Restore, No dialog] (If you want page setup)

Print []

Go to Layout [your Layout]

Enter Browse Mode

Dean

The question I have relates to this. Currently I'm running a script like this for printing:

Go to Layout ["printlayout"]

Enter Preview Mode [pause]

Print []

I'd like to turn Allow User Abort off, so pushing cancel while paused in preview mode won't leave the user stuck on the print layout, but then there's no way for the user to cancel if they don't want to print afterall. I could add:

Show message[Print this layout?] OK/Cancel

after the print preview, but then the user has to press continue to stop pausing, then press Ok to print. Which doesn't seem the right way to do it either. Anyone know the better way to do this?

You could also use the error capturing "on" for this script.

Try this

allow abort off

set error capture on

go to layout "y"

enter preview mode ( pause )

print ( with dialogue)

if status (current error) =1

go to layout "x"

enter browse mode

set error capture off

allow abort on

exit script

end if

set error capture off

allow abort on

Then if the user cancels an action such as printing, error code 1 is created.

You could then send the user to the original layout.

The only down side is that the user has to press continue, and then cancel the printing to get back to the original layout. You could also have a global field with the number of the last layout entered when that layout is left, and then when the user cancels the script, they caould be redirected to layout number whatever they were in last.

You could also design a "pseudo preview" page in browse mode, "preshrunk" to fit a page, with read-only fields and a back button.