Saving and sending records as a PDF file
1. Display the layout that you want to use as a basis for the PDF file.
The PDF file’s appearance is based on the current
layout when you create the PDF file.
2. In Browse or Layout mode, choose File menu > Save/Send Records As > PDF.
In Preview mode, click
Save as PDF in the
status toolbar.
3. In the Save Records As PDF dialog box, enter a name for the file, specify where to store the file, what to save, whether to automatically open the file, and whether to create an email with the PDF file as an attachment.
•You can save the current record, all the records in the current
found set, or a blank record that can be used as a paper form.
•If you select Blank record, the Appearance list is enabled to define how the fields are formatted in the PDF file.
•If you select Create email with file as attachment, an email is created with the PDF file attached, and you then specify the recipient.
•If you select Automatically open file, the file opens after it is created.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Save.
Notes
•To append records to an existing FileMaker Pro PDF file, you must create a script that uses the Save Records as PDF script step and select the
Append to existing PDF option. See
Save Records As PDF script step.
•Saving records as a PDF file is not supported in runtime solutions.
•To save PDF files, your access privileges must allow printing. See your database administrator.
•If either password option is specified in the PDF file, the file will be protected and its contents will also be encrypted. An encrypted PDF file's content appears as "unreadable text" when opened using non-PDF reading applications. The file's content cannot be indexed by the operating system and search engines, which means users will not be able to search for content within the document using desktop and Internet search utilities.