Save Records As PDF
Purpose 
Saves records to a specified PDF file.
Format 
Save Records As PDF [Append; No dialog; “<output filename>”; Automatically open; Create email; User specified options]
Note  In order to save records as a PDF file, your privilege set must include Allow printing, or you must select Run script with full access privileges in the Edit Script dialog box.
Options 
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Select Append to existing PDF to append the records being browsed, the current record, or a blank record after the last page of the specified PDF file. When you append records, the PDF Options dialog box settings in the Document and Initial View tabs are ignored, but the settings in the Security tab are maintained.
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Perform without dialog prevents dialog boxes from displaying when the script step executes if a file has already been specified.
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Select Specify output file or click Specify to display a dialog box where you can specify the file path. Choose the folder you want to save to, or type the file path directly into the list. Specify one path per line. FileMaker Pro will use the first path it locates. See Creating file paths. You can choose to Automatically open file or you can choose to Create email with file as attachment after saving.
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Select Specify options or click Specify to display the "Save Records as PDF" dialog box. From the Save list, choose Records being browsed, Current record, or Blank record. If you select Blank record, the Appearance option is enabled.
Select Options to display the PDF Options dialog box.
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In the Document tab, you can specify descriptive information for the PDF file. For each of the options in the document tab, you can enter text directly, or click Specify to enter a field name or values from a calculation.
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In the Security tab, you can assign passwords to the PDF file, as well as print and edit privileges. If print and edit privileges are allowed, you can specify if copying and screen reading software are permitted.
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In the Initial View tab, you can define the initial view for the layout and magnification for the PDF file.
Compatibility 
This script step is:
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not supported in web publishing
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not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script
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not supported in runtime solutions
Description 
This script step operates in all modes except Find mode.
Note  (Mac OS) For runtime solutions, you can choose to print records as a PDF file, and the script will be saved with the printed file.
Examples 
Go to Layout ["Layout #4"]
Save Records As PDF [No dialog, "Contacts.pdf"; Records being browsed]
The following adds the records being browsed after the last page of the existing Contacts.pdf file.
Go to Layout ["Layout #4"]
Save Records As PDF [Append; No dialog, "Contacts.pdf"; Records being browsed]
Related topics 
Saving and sending records as a PDF file
Export Records script step
Import Records script step
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Script steps reference (category list)
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