Flash :: Flash Printing

Need An Explicit Printing Tutorial For Flash 5 Or An Expert On Printing...
Been trying to print for a couple of hours now.
It seems to work fine when I use simple objet on the main timeline, but I get weird result when trying to print nested object.

For example, it got a movie clip containing multiple duplicate mc, and a dynamic text field. This movie clip is out of the movie stage.

When I try to print it it using:

printAsBitmap(this.effective.printArea, "bMovie");

nothing get printed.

so I move the movie on the stage.

this.effective._x = 0;
this.effective._y = 0;
printAsBitmap(this.effective.printArea, "bMovie");

the frame gets printed, but the text is out of phase even if it looks fine on the screen.

I have define the label of the frame I want to print with #p and the printing area with #b.

Why can I print my movie if it's off the stage, and why does the dynamic text field is printed out of phase when I tried to print ?

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At least can someone direct me to a good flash 5 tutorial on printing...

Martin
martin.tremblay37@sympatico.ca

Flash Printing - Trouble Printing Bitmap
Hello,

I have a Flash MX (not 2004) project that generates dynamic printable coupons. Here's the lowdown of what happens:

1. The flash coupon is loaded - dynamically loads in text and an external jpeg. This data is displayed in one frame that the user sees on the screen, and in another frame that the user never sees but is sent to the printer.
2. User presses print.
3. The flash movie sends the 'print this' frame to the printer, and voila! Printed coupon!

Here's a sample link: http://givingcorps.com/gc_central/br...&CoId=2&ChId=4

All works well, but when it comes time to print the coupon, everything prints but the jpeg. In fact, after you hit the 'print' button and the print dialogue box comes up, and you begin to print, you can actually see the jpeg vanish from the flash movie, only to return when print dialog box is finished!

I've tried a variety of tests - printing just the current frame, incorporating a test to make sure the image is loaded before allowing printing, and trying all the different print functions. I'm aware that print() only prints vector while printAsBitmap() will print everything, although with less quality, and I'm currently using printAsBitmap().

Has anybody run into this? Is there any solution or anything I'm overlooking?

Thanks for your help.

Printing Flash Player 7 Printing
hi,
i want to set up a flash site with multiple levels and have all levels print. is this possible? i've printed before out of flash playere 7 but was only able to print out of one level. any insights would be appreciated.
muchas gracias,
lavadome

Printing In Flash. Problem With Printing Twice...
I have an all vector form that displays data within it. As soon as it opens, it prints. I am running this in the first frame of the root time line.

Code:
print(_level0, "bmax");
stop();
The timeline is 2 frames and I am wanting to print both pages. Everything works fine expect after the print dialog box pops up and you hit print, then it prints the 2 frames, it pops up again and wants to print the pages one more time. I only want it to print once. Any ideas?

Flash Printing
I am having problems printing in Flash. I am using the getURL(print:...) command to print a movie clip. This movie clip contains 5 frames. Each frame contains text labels, some dynamic some static and all of the frames are labeled #p for printing.

The problem is that the Dynamic labels are not being printed. When I try to print, all five pages come out, but the dynamic fields don't get printed.

I did some testing and it appear that flash is only able to print dynamic text if it is currently being displayed(if I print what is on the screen).

Does anyone know of a work around or have any suggestions. Thanks in Advance.

* For those in the know, I am keeping all frames in a movie clip so that all five frames gets printed with a single print command because I need to avoid the multiple print confirmation.

Anyone Know Anything About Printing In Flash 5?
What i've done is created several print buttons each pointing to different printable keyframes on the same timeline. However when i use any of the print buttons flash will print all the keyframes with the #p labels and wont allow me to print any specified keyframe even when i`ve clicked on the appropriate print button. I would be most grateful if anyone could offer some advice.

Printing With Flash 5
Is anyone familiar with "print" in Flash 5.

From my flash portfolio cd i would like a button that prints my resume off the movie. I see you can print the whole page, but i'm not sure what all the parameters are for.

I don't want all the pictures, just the text to print.

thanks in advance

Printing From Flash
I am setting up a movie so that you can print from each scene. I know there are some cool ways to designate frames you'd like to print like labeling them #p, but my problem is that if I label the key frame in each scene I'd like to be printable, by default it will print every labled frame in all my scenes - when all i want is for it to print one each time.

-If you have an answer to getting around that one - That'd be great.

-----So, I have been trying to get around it by printing a target of a movie clip that has all elements of the key frame corresponding to the scene which it represents, but this is not working well at all. I'm getting very odd results.

The only way I've found that works, is to print a load movie. One for each scene, but that seems a bit rediculous.

Anybody out there know how to really take control over printing in flash. It would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Printing In Flash
Does anyone know if you can target a specifice frame to print?

For Example I have a movie clip that is ten frames long but I only want to print the first frame of it! If I just point to the mc, by default the print box tries to print pages 1-10

Thanks for any help.

Printing With Flash
I'm working on this Interactive Test and at the End of it. I need the user to get a print out of the scores. I have designed a certificate and I would like that to get printed with the Username and the relevant information!

Whats the best way to have that printed thru flash..any ideas??

Printing In Flash
got this command ive learnt resently but it doesnt seem tobe going my way, basically i got this text box in a movie clip which im trying to print, now the background of my movie is blue so i have had to make this MC with a Very large white background, the movie clip is called 'mailPrint'.
in the first frame is the text box and it has a 'stop' script on it.
on the print button which is in the main time line i have placed this code on it.

Code:
on (release) {
if ($version != "") {
print ("mailPrint", "bframe");
}
}
now when i use the preview, or view the flash site in the browser on my machine it prints fine to the right size, however when i set the movie to 'exact fit' in the publish settings and have the site come up in a pop up window, no matter how much i scale the MC or the text box, text etc, it comes out very small when i print it. Im not so sure if im doing this the wrong way, the movie clip in placed on the main time line, but away from the stage. any one have anyideas on what imdoing wrong?
plz help me guys.

Printing In Flash
Hello

I'm making a Flash projector and I would like a button that prints a frame, what action do I have to give to the button?
Thanks
Pieter

http://pierrevi.webb.be(in dutch)

Flash 5 Printing
I need some help, here is the problem. I have a flash 5 projector that is 800 x 600 I am loading
a 643.3 x 509.3 swf into it, this swf loads in at _x=15.8 and _y=82.8. now the problem is when I use the print then it prints the whole 800 x 600 and all I want is the first frame of the swf to print. Please any one know how to do this

Printing In Flash?
hi,
i'm a starter in flash and i want to know how you can print a specific frame in a movie.
i tried some and it only worked as swf file,
when i publisch my movie i only see black and tiny tiny text??
help me!!!
loves mylene

Printing Within Flash
Hi all,

wondering if anyone could help. I'd like it if people could print out information on my flash site, but the information is in a scrollable text content area (you can't see all the info at the same time). I'd like it if I could have a button that would enable them to print up all the information in the scroll text area and not just the screen page (print friendly). What would be the best way to do this? any script commands suggestions?

Hope this makes sense. Much appreciated.

Jason

Printing From Flash
Hi,

i've 2 big problems. First, when i print my movie(properties 760 x 520) it is very small on paper. How can i make it fit the paper?

Second, how can i only print the current frame or what is on the screen from flash?

thanks..

Printing From Flash
Hi there,

I have a flash page which uses a dynamic text box which calls text from file text.txt. The box has scroll buttons because there is a lot of text, too much to fit on the screen at once.
My question is: How do I allow a visitor to my site to print all the content of the text box or of text.txt.???

I really would appreciate a reply if anyone can find the time.

Thanks

Dave

Printing From Flash
Hello,
I am trying to make it so when you click a button, it prints a picture you just colored. The only problem is, is that the acual drawing area and the object you color are two seporate MCs, and i dont know how to make it print BOTH MCs together at the click of a button.

Does anyonw know how to do this? I would realy appretiate any help Thanks!!

-Ely

Flash Printing
Hi
I am unable to do flash printing from flash 5.
The file prints other images etc. but it does not prints the dynamic text fields and input fields, can any one help here. thanks

Flash Printing
Hiya, I am really hoping someone can help me as I am really stuck. I am trying to print some text from flash. I have managed this as a vector graphic but the file size going to the print is huge so I would prefer to print as a Bitmap.
(I am using Flash MX)

On my main timeline I have the print pages located, labelled #p and the printable area labelled #b

I am loading a popup window from the main scene and from within here I am printing. I am using the following actionscript:

on (release) {
printAsBitmap("_root", "bframe");
}

However my problem is not only does it print the text but it also prints the popup window along side the text. I don't want this to happen. What can I do? Or will this only work when printing as a vector.

Thanks for your help
Michelle

Printing From Flash
Hi Everyone,

Trying to produce a CD for both PC and MAC platforms that contains basically a whole bunch of images and runs like a slide show.

My question is how do I implement a procedure that only prints those images and not the rest of the movie. In other words I don't want to print the menu, just the image!

Maybe Flash isn't the best solution!

I'm using Flash 5 but could upgrade to MX if needs be.

Thanks, Steve

Printing In Flash MX
The final image that I want to print is a composite Skateboard image consisting of different levels of movies loaded on top of each other (loadMovie at different levels). I know that flash can print but not completely sure whether it can print this composite image.Can anyone help?. You can check it out here: http://www.weedezyn.com/HULK/HULK.html
Thanks.

Printing Flash 5
According to what I've read theres no way to print mulitple
movie levels from one print button on one page.(flash 5)
Am I correct?

Printing A .doc From Flash
Hi all. It's been sometime. I hope all is going well for everyone of you

Listen, I've got something that's stumped me. I want to set print command from a flash movie. But it's a .doc that needs to print. I'd prefer it that the Word .doc won't have to open before printing. I know how to set the print medium using css, but that hasn't helped seeing as I'm trying to do it from inside a flash movie.

Any ideas on how this can work?? Thanks in advance.
Oli.

Printing From Flash
how can i print a specific frame from inside my movie? can i label the frame and call it in my buttons print action? how?

Printing W/ Flash MX
Hello All,

Right now I can successfully print pages one at a time (using the print function), but would like to be able to print multiple pages of the same thing. Is this possible w/ the print functions in Flash MX?

Printing In Flash 5
I have dedicated some keyframes with a "#p" label and use the fscommand to print these frames. I would now like to be able to choose which "#p" frames I print based on a variable. In other words, I have 15 frames labeled "#p", but if "color = BLUE" print only 5 of the 15 frames.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance.

Eric

Printing In Flash Mx
whenever i use the flash player's context menu to print my flash movie it does not print my flash interface properly.

it prints the text overflow beyond my text field's width. i am using a dynamic text field with embedded font outlines.

i have tried changing the text field to single line & multiline but i always get the same result.

does anyone have any idea why this is happening? is it a flash bug?

Printing Flash
Hi, I am interested in doing a map that can be viewed by people on the internet. The catch is that I don't know if flash can do what I am looking for. Here's why I say that:

I want the user to be able to zoom in on the map and then be able to print out that zoomed image. Now, from what I've tried, when you print out a zoomed flash it just prints out the original unzoomed version.

Is there any way to get around this? If so can you give any advice on what I should do? thanks.

Printing To PDF From Flash -?
I have a FLA file which consists of text, vector artwork and imported bitmaps. I am trying to create a PDF document and the method I am using is with pdffactory (http://www.fineprint.com) which allows me to generate a PDF file directly from the FLA or SWF.

Unfortunately the bitmaps are totally distorted in the PDF file and there seems to be no way around this problem. Maybe Flash isn't compatible with pdffactory; maybe some other reason... I have no idea.

Can anyone offer suggestions/advice/tips on converting Flash to PDF?
(Especially when the FLA file includes bitmaps)

PRINTING In Flash
I'm having PRINT function problems! Please help.

I created a simple form in Flash for users to fill out info and then PRINT out the form by clicking a button with a PRINT actionscript. Doing it all in one frame was easy, and it printed fine.

But I added 1000s of frames to lead the user through the form step by step and at the end a PRINT button with actionscript appears.

This time, however, the PRINT action starts printing every frame in the fla file. THAT'S over 2000 printed pages! I tried messing around with different variables in the actionscript but nothing seems to work.

I know this shouldn't be difficult but it is driving me crazy. Please help if you can. Thanx

Printing From Flash Mx
Hello,

We have a project where we need to have flash print to a small thermal printer inside a kiosk. This is the script i am using:

code: printButton.onRelease = function() {
print("_root.recipe", "bmax");
};

The problem is this: When the user clicks the button to print, a windows print dialog pops up and forces the user to click "ok" before proceeding. We don't want this, we want the content to print immediatly after they press the "print" button we created.

Can anyone please help us?

Printing With Flash?
Hi

I have made a series of movies for a presentation which also need to printed out. When i go to print preview the majority of the text doesnt show and the logo has a big fat black square over it. i have included one of the fla's to show what happens. can anybody help me?

Printing Using Flash
Can anyone help me?
I would like to create a button using flash that would allow me to print a web page when pressed. I do not want to just be able to print the flash movie but the page that the movie is on. I would be greatful for any help.

Printing A PDF From Flash 5
Hi there,

Can someone please tell me how to print a PDF from Flash 5?
I have created the PDF and uploaded it to the server and created a PRINT button in my flash movie, but still cannot work out what actionscripting I need to put on the button to make the PDF print out.

Please help!

Thank you in advance.
the chad

Printing From Flash
Is it possible to print DYNAMIC text from Flash. A user is looking at my page at the moment at some Football reports and wants them printed. It loads dynamically so will they be able to print what they see without copy and pasting?

Printing In Flash Mx
i know you all hate it when people start threads, asking for help w/o checking the tutorials first or searching the forums... well... i tried, and there was nothing in the tutes and the search thing doesn't seem to be working... so...

how do i print from flash? i can do the printing all printable frames thing but what if i want to print just one frame of all the printable frames? that is, before i get to my printer's dialog box (so that when i get to the dialog box, i just have to hit print and it will print just the page that i want)

please help... well, you don't have to if this bugs you. but thanks and hugs to anyone who helps...

Printing In Flash...
Hi,

I have a dynamic textfield that i need to let the user print when he/she presses the print button. How do i do this? i've been looking it up and it would be nice if someone could give me a helping nudge in the right direction..

Cheers.

Steven.

Printing From Flash
hi,
i got MC that loads .jpg into it.
does any1 know how can i print the exact MC (with the loaded picture) and not the whold .fla frame?

Avi.

Printing In Flash
i'm not familiar with the printing functions in flash. is there a way where the user can hit a key and a page will print out, but only what you want to print out? not the menu bar and so forth?

Printing In Flash MX
I have a swf file
that is loaded into a movie clip
on the main time line

this swf file contains a print command that says:

printBtn.onPress = function() {
printAsBitmap(mc1,"bframe")
};

where "printBtn" is the button instance name which is inside the loaded swf

this works PERFECTLY
from inside the swf file
I have marked a couple frames with #p
it prints them both
works PERFECTLY

but from the MAIN file
which loads the swf in...
it now prints all the frames of the MAIN time line
rather than the loaded swfs timeline (which is what I'm after)

I"ve tried ALOT of experiments
like "_root.mc.mc1" instead of "mc1"
I tried "_level1.mc1"

any ideas???
any help is much appreciated.

Printing In Flash
Hi guys

I am trying to print in flash. I have a small graphic at the top of my page, then 2 input text box's (1 of which is scrollable), and a dynamic text box which loads html text. I would like to print all of this information on this frame, including text that is not visible in the scrollable area. I don't know if it makes a difference but this is also at loaded movie which loads into my base movie. I have tried searching the forums but can't fix it.

Can anyone help?
Thank you.

Printing From Flash
My problem is: I have an XML file that makes 6 movie clips...and I need to print them all. I could make flash print each one...but the "print window" showed up 6 times...and I had do press "print" 6 times. Does anybody knows how to print the 6 pages with only one click?? Like if flash makes a line and they all come printed instantly?
HELP ME!!!
Thanks and sorry for the bad english...

Printing In Flash
EDIT::::NVM....just had a question about printing, and was able to figure it out. thanks anyways

Flash And Printing
Hi,

would dynamic fields in flash print and show up on the paper?
What is the best way to allow user to print from a flash presentation
but just to print the flash window (for example if a flash presentation was running in a boxed window on the desktop. it prints that exactly on a press of a button script ?)

also is there a way you could print a whole flash presentation ... pretty silly I know unless its a flashpaper ... but any ideas how this could be done in normal flash movie with lot of pages (frames) ...

thanks

Printing From Flash
Hi,
i've got a button that prints my flash but it prints a page for every frame.
How can i print just one frame?

Printing In Flash?
Hey fellas,

Im wondering if its possible to limit from flash what it prints out?

For exampel if you have whole site showing, and the visitor clicks on a print button in flash is it possible to set up so the printer only prints out the content of the flash site and not the borders of the design and so on...

Flash Printing

Hi,I am trying to be able to print my flash document. Does anyone know how to make the document automatically scale to 60% of its size when sent to the printer.

Hi,

I am trying to be able to print my flash document. Does anyone know how to make the document automatically scale to 60% of its size when sent to the printer.