info("printers")
info("printers")

The info(“printers”) function returns a list of all available printers.

Description

This function returns a carriage return delimited list of all available printers. For example,

    info("printers")

might return something like this:

    Brother HL-2270DW series
    Brother HL-5470DW series
    Canon MP620 series

Use the info(“printer”) function to find out what printer is currently selected as the default.

See Also

- Automatic Mailing Label Construction -- creates a mailing label.
- Automatic Report Construction -- creates a tabular report with columns of data.
- info("pagecount") -- calculates the total number of pages that will be printed.
- info("pagenumber") -- returns the current report page number.
- info("printer") -- returns the current default printer.
- info("printsequence") -- returns the record sequence number of the record being printed.
- pagesetup -- displays the page setup dialog.
- print -- prints the database.
- printonemultiple -- prints a form over and over again without advancing from record to record. Instead of advancing from record to record, a variable is incremented each time the form is printed. This statement is designed for printing calendars or thumbnails.
- printonerecord -- prints the the currently active record.
- printpdf -- prints the current database to a PDF file.
- printpreview -- previews what printing the current window will look like.
- printpreviewonerecord -- previews what printing the current record will look like.
- printtopdf -- prints the current database to a PDF file.
- printusingform -- allows the current database to be printed using a different form than the one currently being displayed.
- Report Tile Object -- component for assembling a custom report.
- setreportcolumns -- allows a procedure to control the number of columns of a report, and the direction (across or down).

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | New | Carried over from Panorama 6.0