But zinc will definitely bust your AIR concept. Unless you create a zinc stub that launched the AIR app, and then the print commands are sent to zinc via localconnection for printing. Definitely a hack.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- Scott Talsma CTO, echoEleven ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------
