I needed to export a report to PDF in one of our runtime solutions.
As we all know, it's not possible in FileMaker as PDF export script steps won't run in runtime solutions.
But I created a little workaround I'd like to share.
So what you need:
A global container field.
That's all.
1) When you do the report - enter preview mode on the report layout(be sure to set the page setup, etc).
2) Copy script step - Copy script step in preview mode copies the report to the clipboard(screenshot like)
3) Enter browse mode - go to the layout where you have that global field
4) Paste the clipboard to that global container field
5) Export field contents (the global container field).
Hey, there you have the pdf file from the runtime! Cool?
Note: It's basically for one page reports, but you can create a screen shot of every page of the report to a different container field (go to record-next in preview) and export those too.
I attached a sample file, which you can download here. You can create a runtime solution from it using FileMaker Pro Advanced.
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