This article contains a sample script for printing multiple documents to filenames that are stored in an input text file.

To run this script:

1. Copy the script below, or click here to download the BAS file: InputFiles.Txt
2. Download the attached InputFiles.Txt file and put it in the C:\Program Files\Golden Software\MapViewer 8\Samples directory.
3. In a Windows Explorer window, navigate to C:\Program Files\Golden Software\MapViewer 8\Scripter.
4. Double click on Scripter.exe to launch Scripter.
5. Press Ctrl+A to select all of the existing lines then press Delete.
6. If you copied this script, press Ctrl+V to paste it into Scripter. If you downloaded it, click File | Open, select the BAS file from your downloads directory, and click Open.
7. Click Script | Run to run the script.
    

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' Print.BAS
'
' This sample demonstrates how to print multiple documents with their
' filenames stored in an input file.
'
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Sub Main

   'Creates an instance of the MapViewer Application object
   'and assigns it to the variable named "MapViewerApp"
   Set MapViewerApp = CreateObject("MapViewer.Application")

   'Makes the application main window visible
   MapViewerApp.Visible = True

   'Assigns the location of the samples folder to the variable "InPath"
   InPath$ = MapViewerApp.ModuleFolder + "samples\"

   'Open an input file that contains a filepath on each line,
   'and assign it to the file handle as #1
   Open InPath$ + "Scripts\InputFiles.txt" For Input As #1

   'Read a line
   Line Input #1,wks$

   While wks$ <> "EOF"
      'Open a map document, and assigns it to the variable named "doc"
      Set doc = MapViewerApp.Documents.Open(InPath$ + wks$)
      doc.PrintOut()
      doc.Close(mvSaveChangesNo)

      'Read the next line
      Line Input #1,wks$
   Wend

   'Close file handle
   Close #1

End Sub

Updated February 14, 2018