---
title: "Sample Setup - Add a Button"
slug: "sample-setup-adding-a-button"
description: "In this scenario, we will create a new print button for emailing to a specific email address. This print button will only be visible to one user."
tags: ["Adding a button", "Direct printout destinations", "Finance and Operations", "Lasernet FO Connector", "Print Buttons", "Sample setup"]
updated: 2026-03-09T09:45:27Z
published: 2026-03-09T09:45:27Z
canonical: "kb.lasernetgroup.com/sample-setup-adding-a-button"
---

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# Sample Setup - Add a Button

This scenario will cover the following setup:

- Create a new Print button for emailing to a specific email address.
- This Print button will only be visible to one user.
- This Print button will only be applied to the Sales confirmation report and Sales invoice report using a Report Group.
- This Print button has been set up to make it faster and easier to test the email functionality.

The scenario can be set up by following these steps:

1. Navigate to **Print buttons** > **Common** > **Direct printout destinations**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-X9JU621R.png)

1. Click **New**.
2. In the **Direct printer configuration id** field, enter a unique ID for the new Print button.
3. In the **Description** field, enter the text that will be displayed for the Print button.
4. In this scenario, only the **Admin** user should be able to see the button. Therefore, select **Table** in the **Relation type** field and **Admin** in the **Relation** field.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-AH2V3M57.png)

This Print button will be restricted to the Sales confirmation report and Sales invoice report.

1. Right-click **Report group**, then click **View details** to find an appropriate Report group.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-SAGQBBMR.png)

There is a Report group named **Sales Reports** containing the **SalesConfirm** report and the **SalesInvoice** report.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-F9UZ5UOQ.png)

1. Click **<-** to go back to the **Direct printout destinations** form.
2. Open the **Print destination** FastTab and click **Change**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-ZHO3I8XB.png)

1. Select **Lasernet email**.

1. Enter an email address.

A **Subject** has been added in this scenario. However, this field is optional.

A body of text can also be added if required.

There are various options at the bottom of this form. However, these have been left as the default options, apart from **Force rerun,** which has been set to **Yes**.

1. Click **OK**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-IU6ZMRFQ.png)

An overview of the options is displayed in the **Direct printout destinations** form.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-HJP40HI2.png)

**Button setup** FastTab:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-5UH906XP.png)

**Show buttons** has been set to **Dialog** so that the Print button only appears when confirming the Sales confirmation and posting the Sales invoice. The Print button will not be displayed on the Sales confirmation journal or Invoice journal.

An **Image** has also been added for the button, which will appear to the left of the text.

A **Preview** shows what the button will look like in the Dialog form.

In the following two images, the **Email to Kevin** Print button is displayed on the **Confirm sales order** print dialog and the **Post invoice** print dialog.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-A4R3I7HH.png)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-STUI0KRA.png)

However, the Print button is not displayed for other reports, such as the **Packing slip posting** dialog.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/image-5V0407AH.png)