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Printing web viewer contents using a Filemaker script

November 14, 201114 yr

We are rendering PDF files into a web viewer, and the images do not print out if you print the layout directly.

It is possible to print the PDF image if the web viewer has focus and the user presses ctrl-p or uses a right mouse click to select print, but to complete the print, the user has to click the OK button in the resulting print dialog box.

We need to be able to generate a 'silent' print request from a Filemaker script, so that the user does not have to handle the dialog box. We've been able to achieve this using Javascript, but this involves the use of a plug-in to pass the javascript request to the web viewer. We'd like to avoid the cost of managing and using a plug-in if possible, as we have a large number of users who would need access to this feature.

We're using FMP11 client and server in a Windows environment.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Brian