mattc Posted July 5, 2001 Share Posted July 5, 2001 Hello! I have a bound solution using Filemaker Developer 5. I have been opening the bound solution back into Filemaker to modify & have found a strange occurance. I have a print routine setup in the form of a script - When executing it through Filemaker there is no problem & my default Page Size is A4. However, when running it as a stand alone solution, the Paper Size reverts to US Letter?? Any ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Hmmmm I have no experience with bound files. If on a Mac, have you specifically performed a page setup command and saved it using the bound application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattc Posted July 6, 2001 Author Share Posted July 6, 2001 My solution has currently been bound through FM Developer for PC. I have opened the relevent database table & performed a page setup and set it to A4. I have also ensured that the default paper size in Control Panels/Printers is set to A4. This seems to make no difference - I still get US Letter when running stand alone & printing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatoli Posted July 9, 2001 Share Posted July 9, 2001 Did you tried "restore print settings" or how is it actually called? Could you pause the script with print setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattc Posted July 9, 2001 Author Share Posted July 9, 2001 hmm, I was just running the print command as a script step which has no restore option. By using the "Print Setup[restore,no dialog]" this seems to cure the problem. I have one further question though. If you are shipping a runtime filemaker product & you use the above print setup restore command, will a users machine look for that specific printer + setup and fail to find it - resulting in the original issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatoli Posted July 9, 2001 Share Posted July 9, 2001 I do not know. There are more issues, e.g. OS version etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MpWiedemann Posted July 9, 2001 Share Posted July 9, 2001 Hi Matt, If you are on Windows the print / restore script step will restore the print settings, paper size, portrait / landscape etc. But it will not pick or save printer selections. A user of your runtime will default to their own default printer. You will need a plugin to make printer selections, for setups with multiple printers, like ProPrint from Afeina Software. www.afeina.com Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anatoli Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Good point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattc Posted July 17, 2001 Author Share Posted July 17, 2001 Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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