Programming Mechworks PDM > DBWCommandShell > Commands Reference > Plot

Description

Plots PDF or TIFF files; the command should be used typically from the OnPlotG.LST script

Syntax

call DBWShell("PlotPDFTIF FullPathName PaperSize SheetNumber")

Parameters

FullPathName	the full path name of the PDF/TIF file to be plotted
PaperSize	the paper size; examples are "A4", "A3", etc the string "vert" if present, changes the orientation in Portrait
SheetNumber	Optional. A specific page number to be printed. Remarks: when assigned, it's possible to ignore the PaperSize parameter by assigning to it the value of "NOTUSED" (see example below).

Remarks

For the PDF case only, the command applies the setting of the option Plot setup→Plot multiple sheets

This command supports any LST\SHEET_FORMAT(printer_name).LST file for plotting TIF/PDF documents with paper sizes larger than A3.

Example

OnPlotG.LST sample file:

.VBSCRIPT

sub main()
DBWInit(TRUE)
pathName = DBWInput("@DOCUMENT_PATHNAME")
uid = DBWInput("@DOCUMENT_UNIQUE_ID")
if ucase(fext)=".PDF" or ucase(fext)=".TIF" then
paper = DBWQueryByUid( uid, DBWLookUp("NAME_FIELD_PAPER_SIZE") )
DBWShell("PlotPDFTIF " & replace(pathName," ","|") & " " & paper )
end if
end sub

Passing the sheet number:

sub main()

DBWInit(TRUE)
...
paper = DBWQueryByUid(uid, DBWLookUp("NAME_FIELD_PAPER_SIZE"))
sheetNo = "3"
DBWShell("PlotPDFTIF " & replace(pathName," ","|") & " " & paper & " " & sheetNo)
...
end sub

Passing the sheet number but avoiding the papersize: