PrintDisplay

Prints the specified graphic display to the default printer. If no display is specified, this command prints the display that has focus.

If the specified display is not currently visible,

FactoryTalk View

prints the display without making it visible. If this command is issued without specifying a display, and no display has focus, nothing happens.

Syntax

PrintDisplay <

Me

|

display

>

[/U] [/T

<tag>, <tag>, . .

] [/P

<component>

] [/Wait

=

tttt

] [/F <File

="

pdf

"

>]

where

<

Me

|

display

>

[/U]

initiates an update of tag values in all input fields before starting to print.

[/T

<tag>,

]

is the list of tags (separated by commas) to be substituted into the display.

[/P

<component>

]

is a relative or absolute reference to a parameter file that contains tag names to be substituted into the display. If the file name has a space in it, enclose the name in quotes.

[/Wait=

tttt

]

is the amount of time to wait before starting to print, where

tttt

is the time in milliseconds. If you also use the /U parameter, specify enough time to allow for the upload of tag values.

FactoryTalk View

waits 2,000 milliseconds if you do not specify a time.

[/F <File="

pdf

">]

prints the display to a specified PDF file, where

pdf

is the file name with an absolute path.

<File="

pdf

">

is optional. You can also specify the file name and location at runtime.

Remarks

PrintDisplay

prints the entire runtime display, even if parts are covered by other displays. You can also use the

ScreenPrint

command to print an image of whatever shows on the monitor.

The

PrintDisplay

command does not necessarily print ActiveX or OLE objects in their runtime state. To ensure that the display is printed with all objects in their current runtime state, use the

ScreenPrint

command.