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# requestsParentDirectory

The PDF panel doesn’t show a name field; instead, it allows the user to identify a directory in which to save multiple PDF files. If you set this flag, you’re responsible for appending a filename and the “pdf” extension to the resulting  URL value in the [`NSPDFInfo`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPDFInfo) object before proceeding with the creation of the PDF file (or calling the `takeSettingsFromPDFInfo` method of [`NSPrintInfo`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPrintInfo)).

```
static var requestsParentDirectory: NSPDFPanel.Options { get }
```

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