Flash :: Printing Flash Player 7 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 From Flash Player
Hi

I've created an interactive flash movie where the user can drag visual pieces around, label them, and there are drawing tools that they can use to draw on the movie to add their own personal input. I want the user to be able to print what they have created in the movie. I programmed the print button following Reinhardt's instruction in his Action Script Bible (ch. 34), but it only prints the static default view of the images - i.e. it prints the images as they exist on the stage in the .fla file, not the changes (new positions of the pieces, dynamically added labels, and any drawings) the user has made after interacting with the movie.

The movie is all in one level, and any drawings created by the user is also in the main level (due to programming constraints, I had to structure it this way).

Can a print button be programmed to print dynamic changes made to the flash movie by the user? Has anyone done this? Please help!

thanks
medartist

Printing, Using Flash Player 6
Here is the code I am using and it's not working really.
I'm new to the print command, so how does it work? I have to use flash 6 to get this done. The MC "coupon_print" contains the content that I want to print.

Thanks.

on (release) {
getURL("print:", "coupon_print");

}

Printing From Flash Player
I am trying to work out how to print from the flash player. I have sort succeeded but I cannot seem to stop the button printing as well. I have put the object I want to print in a seperate movie clip - I have identified the frame I want to print with #p and marked the print area with a #b frame. I've even put the button in it's own movieclip but nothing seems to stop it the button printing.
I have attached the FLA and this is the code I have posted on the button.

on (release) {print("this._parent.ball1.1","bmovie");

Thanks for any help
m

Printing SWF File From Flash Player 6
How do you print a magnified view of swf file opened in Flash Player 6- mac versus pc- it keeps printing the entire image Thanks

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?

Printing A Text File From Flash Player
I am trying to print a text file from a flash player that is to be my web site. I want my users to be able to print this document from my site. I'll be damned if I can figure out how to do this..

tia

Flash Player 9 (printjob) Printing Blank
Hi, first post.

i am having a problem with the printjob class. i developed an application which dynamically created pages and sent to print fed from xml. all worked fine in flash player 8.

now with the update to flash player 9 the pages print blank.

the right amount of pages are spooled just nothing is printed (ie 4 blank sheets)

the printing still works fine in flash development, or in standalone flash player...its only the browser plugin (ie, firefox, opera - all PC) that all fail to print anything at all.

anyone know any reasons why this could be happening?

regards

J

Flash Player 9 - Printing Blank (printjob)
Hi, first post.
i am having a problem with the printjob class. i developed an application which dynamically created pages and sent to print fed from xml. all worked fine in flash player 8.

now with the update to flash player 9 the pages print blank.

the right amount of pages are spooled just nothing is printed (ie 4 blank sheets)

the printing still works fine in flash development, or in standalone flash player...its only the browser plugin (ie, firefox, opera - all PC) that all fail to print anything at all.

anyone know any reasons why this could be happening?

regards
J

Problems Printing Dynaimc Text From Flash Player
hi,
i've been trying and trying to figure out a way to print my dynamic text directly from the flash player. i've created my files with #p in all frames i'd like to print. when i click my swf file and go to print from the file drop down or control clicking on my mac and going to print, my results are not so great. i can see all the frames wth #p from the print preview window which is good but the dynamic text is the same in all dynamic text boxes. the text that is being displayed is the text from the frame i am in when i go to print. all dynamic text boxes have the same text loading and printing. why is this? is there an easy way to put in some code that will print the dynaimc text that is supposed to be there? if i go from slide to slide and print each page separately it's fine. as the dynaimc text on each page changes it also changes in the print preview. this will take forever to print the whole presentation page by page. any ideas???? please help!
thanks!

Printing Problem F6 Player?
Hi all,

I have an swf embedded in a html page. When I try to print from the browser the page comes out reversed -in some sort of mirror image.

A html page only prints normally html only. In my print options I can select a print mirror image option which will print out the embedded swf ok at the expense or reversing the sourounding html rendered text.

Does anybody know what is going on here? With the old flash 5 player it worked ok.

-KIERAN

Standalone Player Printing Directly To Printer
I am building an application that will need to print to a windows printer without the windows print dialog box. With flash & actionscript moving toward a full featured application scripting language I am hoping this is possible... or would soon be possible.

I understand in an web enviroment this is a security risk to print directly to printer, but its not a security issue with the standalone player.

The best idea I have come up with is to install IIS and write a webservice to consume xml info sent from the standalone player. This will allow me to handle the priting issue in .NET enviroment which has much more flexibility. This will work but I AM REALLY hoping for a cleaner, shorter, more secure cheaper (xp home no IIS vs. xp pro w/IIS) solution for the same problem.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

~Orion

Printing, Why Is Printing Such A Problem?
Why can I not print several specific frames on the main timeline?

I know how to use the #p label and all those other print tutorials...

Does anyone have a solution?Or leads, or something

Printing And Printing Datagrids
Hi - a double question here - can anyone help with information on creating a print button for a page in an swf and also to printout the entire contents of a datagrid?

thanks!

f

Vector Printing Of TextField. Part Of TextField Not Printing.
Hi, I hope somebody here can help me.
I have a movieclip with a dynamic textField in it.
I set autoSize = "center" and fill it with text.
Then, if i then use PrintJob.addPage("myPage", {printAsBitmap:false}); , the bottom few lines of the textfield don't print. (The textField shows up fine on the screen.)

The textField shows up fine if I use {printAsBitmap:false}, allbeit in lower quality.

If anyone can make a dynamic textField print properly as vector, please lemme know.

thx,
miguel3d

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 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

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