Merapi might - cept I'd like to avoid requiring users to take that extra step of installing something else..
I found that Zinc will also allow you to skip the confirmation dialog. -Cameron On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Douglas Knudsen <[email protected]> wrote: > not a uncommon question and I've yet to hear of anything myself on this. > I'm going to guess Merapi might be able to help. > > > Douglas Knudsen > http://www.cubicleman.com > this is my signature, like it? > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM, John Mason <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Don't think there's an AIR only solution at this point. Certainly worth >> pinging Adobe to see if that can be included in the next version. >> >> John >> >> >> Cameron Childress wrote: >>> >>> Eh - I need it to be downloadable, easily deployable. If I have to >>> put CF on there just to get printing to work the way I want it, I'd >>> write the whole thing in CF... >>> >>> -Cameron >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:36 PM, John Mason <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Could use CF's cfprint tag that the AIR app pings, I'm assuming you can >>>> load >>>> a server on the kiosk. >>>> >>>> John >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> Cameron Childress wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Looking for ideas here... >>>>> >>>>> I have a touchscreen kiosk application that requires printing by >>>>> sometimes very inexperienced users. The problem is that AIR's >>>>> PrintJob.start() requires the user to confirm "Print" on an OS level >>>>> print dialog each time it prints. A few of reasons this is a problem >>>>> in my case. Apologies if I am over explaining a bit here, but I >>>>> wanted to be clear *why* I am looking for this. >>>>> >>>>> 1) The extra step slows down what needs to be a very streamlined and >>>>> quick process. >>>>> 2) The OS level print screen does not match the look and feel of >>>>> the rest of the (full screen) application. >>>>> 3) The buttons on the print dialog is smaller then I'd like for the UI >>>>> to be effective. Giuant buttons are great on a touch screen kiosk >>>>> based application. >>>>> 4) Occasionally the print confirmation gets behind the AIR >>>>> application, confusing the user and making it impossible to interact >>>>> with the AIR application. ALT+TAB brings the dialog screen back, but >>>>> that's not something I expect users to know or even learn. >>>>> >>>>> I've investigated a few ways to automatically confirm the print >>>>> dialog, but these all require third party tools and I would very much >>>>> prefer to find something that can "just work" within AIR. I don't >>>>> want to create a buncha dependencies for this app. That serves to >>>>> undermine the advantage of an easily deployable AIR application. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone have ideas? >>>>> >>>>> -Cameron >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in >>>> the >>>> subject line >>>> >>>> For more info, see http://www.affug.com >>>> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >>>> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in >> the subject line >> >> For more info, see http://www.affug.com >> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > -- Cameron Childress Sumo Consulting Inc http://www.sumoc.com --- cell: 678.637.5072 aim: cameroncf email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
