Printing 10 page records

[Kicker3]

I have a record that has 10 pages with 2 portals on each page (for pictures) however I dont always use all 10 pages, so my question is: is there a way I can script or setup to print only the pages that have pictures in the portals & not print all 10 pages? I set up print options every time I print from print options, but sometimes forget to check how many pages actually have photo's on them, and in such cases I get for example 2 pages of pictures & 8 pages of blank portals. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

[Matthew F]

Do you really have (a) one record that is 10 pages long, or (: 10 records, each of which are 1 page long? The latter would seem like a more typical FileMaker design.

For option (: you simply need to a script that performs a find and omit the records which have picture containers.

For option (a) you could figure out how many containers have pictures with a calculation.... picNum = not IsEmpty(container1) + not IsEmpty(container2)... etc. However you can't pass arguments to the Print script step so you won't be able pass this data to the printer without user intervention. You could notify the user with a dialogue box that there are only N number of pages with pictures and then have the user enter this manually into the print dialogue box.

[Kicker3]

Yes Ihave 1 record with 10 pages. They are job related pictures complied for 1 certian job.Some jobs only have 5 or 6 pictures or 1 page, but others have as many as 60 pictures, so I use 10 pages, as it is all for the same job,custoner, & location (repair areas for customers) so I guess there is really no way to script this or use sliding?

Maybe someone has a suggestion.

[Matthew F]

Yes, you can get container fields to slide up or to the left just like text fields and other objects. However you must first set contents of the container fields to be aligned to the top and/or left hand side of the container with Format...Graphic...