OK, once you have your two scripts, turn off the "No Dialog" on both
of the setup steps and both of the print steps. Run the first script,
manually "OK"ing the print setup and then directing the print job to
the right printer in the print dialog. Immediately afterwards go into
Scriptmaker, click back on the "No Dialog" options, and when you
close that script, select the Replace radio button for print setup.
You have now saved printer 1. Do the same for printer 2.
geoff
On May 30, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Lee Prentice wrote:
geoff
Thanks for the reply but this does not work unless I am missing
something.
My test is using a main script which executes 2 other scripts, each
script directs the output to one of the printers.
Following is what the "FileMaker Pro 8.5 Help" says which from my
testing is correct, I did not understand it that way originally.
Note: the Bold in the Options below is mine.
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Print Setup script step
Format
Print Setup [Restore; No dialog]
Options
Perform without dialog prevents the Print Setup dialog box from
displaying when the script step executes. If you select Perform
without dialog, the output from this script step will be sent to
the last specified printer and not the one specified in the Edit
Script dialog box.
Select Specify page setup or click Specify to open the Print Setup
dialog box and choose page setup options that are stored with the
script step.
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When I execute it "With dialog" the window that is displayed shows
that the previous printer is selected which is not the one in the
script. When I change the selection, the output is directed to the
desired printer. Since this script is unattended having a Dialog
box does not work.
I do not know what "Restore" means unless it is what I am seeing,
ie it is Restoring the previous specification.
Thanks again.
Lee
On May 30, 2007, at 4:34 AM, Geoff Graham wrote:
Each script can only store one set of print preferences, so you
need two scripts:
Print Setup
Print
Perform Script[Printer 2]
geoff
On May 29, 2007, at 5:26 PM, Lee Prentice wrote:
Using "FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced"
I am trying to print the same page of data to two different
printers. There printers are two of several on the same network
of Mac computers.
I have a test script that is using as follows:
Print Setup
Print
Print Setup
Print
and whichever printer the first pair references I get two copies
on that printer.
I am using "Perform without dialog" in all steps.
I assume that I am missing something but we cannot find it.
Thanks,
Lee
