tabs.PageSettings

The type tabs.PageSettings is used to control how a tab is rendered as a PDF by the tabs.saveAsPDF() method.

All its properties are optional.

For setting headers and footers, you can include certain special characters in the strings you supply. These will be replaced in the rendered output as follows:

• "&P": the page number, like "2"
• "&PT": the page number and the total number of pages, like "2 of 3"
• "&D": the current date/time
• "&T": the page title
• "&U": the page URL

Values of this type are objects. They contain the following properties:

edgeBottomOptional

number. The spacing between the bottom of the footers and the bottom edge of the paper (inches). Default: 0.

edgeLeftOptional

number. The spacing between the left header/footer and the left edge of the paper (inches). Default: 0.

edgeRightOptional

number. The spacing between the right header/footer and the left edge of the paper (inches). Default: 0.

edgeTopOptional

number. The spacing between the top of the headers and the top edge of the paper (inches). Default: 0

footerCenter Optional

string. The text for the page's center footer. Default: ''.

footerLeft Optional

string. The text for the page's left footer. Default: '&PT'.

footerRight Optional

string. The text for the page's right footer. Default: '&D'.

headerCenter Optional

string. The text for the page's center header. Default: ''.

headerLeft Optional

string. The text for the page's left header. Default: '&T'.

headerRight Optional

string. The text for the page's right header. Default: '&U'.

marginBottomOptional

number. The margin between the page content and the bottom edge of the paper (inches). Default: 0.5.

marginLeftOptional

number. The margin between the page content and the left edge of the paper (inches). Default: 0.5.

marginRightOptional

number. The margin between the page content and the right edge of the paper (inches). Default: 0.5.

marginTopOptional

number. The margin between the page content and the top edge of the paper (inches). Default: 0.5.

orientation Optional

integer. Page orientation: 0 means "portrait", 1 means "landscape". Default: 0.

paperHeightOptional

number. The paper height in paper size units. Default: 11.0.

paperSizeUnit Optional

integer. The paper size unit: 0 = inches, 1 = millimeters. Default: 0.

paperWidth Optional

number. The paper width in paper size units. Default: 8.5.

scaling Optional

number. Page content scaling factor. 1 means 100% or normal size. Default: 1.

showBackgroundColors Optional

boolean. Whether the page background colors should be shown. Default: false.

showBackgroundImages Optional

boolean. Whether the page background images should be shown. Default: false.

shrinkToFit Optional

boolean. Whether the page content should shrink to fit the page width (overrides scaling). Default: true.

toFileName Optional

string. The name of the file the PDF is saved in, with or without the .pdf extension.