Thanks to all who responded to my question. I will check out more fully
Quickeys and possibly look for that plug-in, however we eventually solved the
problem with a bit of brute strength. We rationalised the number of different
sized print runs we would need and wrote a number (quite large) of Filemaker
scripts to do the task. One script looks at the number of copies required and
calls the sub-script which prints that number or the next highest category if
no match. Not elegant but it works and keeps the solution wholly within
Filemaker. Since the print runs are for customised advertising brochures a few
extra don't matter. Thanks again.
Karl Holmes wrote:
> Let me explain further:-
> There could be something like 200-300 records to be printed . The number of
> copies of each record could range between 10 and 500. Each record would
> contain a field that had the number of copies required but this field would
> not be on the layout being printed
<snip>
> It seems to me that the only solution is to have some way of entering the
> number of copies into the Print dialog and hence the printer could be told
> to print 500 copies as part of a ?job?.
>
> Problem: How can I get access to the Print Dialog for a batch run? Is there
> an Apple Event? Is the Print dialog Applescriptable? Could I use a RealBasic
> application to communicate with FileMaker and with the Print driver? or???
>
> Question: How does Filemaker or RealBasic communicate with the Printer
> Driver? Is it via AppleEvents or....???
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