Ok , masking it is then. Thanks for the help guys.
Yves 2006/1/20, Steve Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Yves, > > > I'm currently making an application in flash that needs to print > > any mc that > > you throw at it in a decent and structured way. > > > > This is of course possible with the printJob class but I'm > > encountering some > > positioning problems at the moment. > > > > Scenario: > > > > I have a very big mc (in height) and I want to print it. I decide > > to cut the > > mc in half and send each half to the spool. > > I can't use flash 8 advanced pixel features (must work in f7) so I > > work with > > custom white shapes in the mc's that cover the area that belongs to > > the > > other half. > > Also can't use masks but can't remember right now why. :) > > Without masking this is going to be an impossible task. > > > For example: main mc has a height of 1000 pixels. > > > > Part 1 still has a height of 1000 pixels but also has the white shape > > starting at 500 y-axis that covers the part2 content > > Part 2: same as part 1 but the white shape starts at 0 y-axis and > > covers the > > part 1 content. > > > > Now when I print part 1 there is no problem. It will start at the > > top and > > you won't see the part 2 content because of the white shape, > > technically > > speaking part 1 is still way too large to be printed of course but > > because > > of the white shape at the bottom that doesn't matter. > > There is a problem, and it doesn't have anything to do with your > white shape. When printing a large MovieClip in Flash, it will not > split that into 2 pages if your MC won't fit onto one page - it will > just print what it can and will throw away the rest. > > > Part2, now the problem kicks in. The white space to cover the part > > 1 content > > is now on top. When I send part 2 to the spool all I see is white > > and a > > small piece of part 2 content. This is normal of course because the > > white > > space is the top of the mc so there isn't really a problem because > > that's > > how it's supposed to work. > > This backs up the point I made above. > > > So I thought I could fix this by inserting part2_mc in a new movie > > clip and > > position it so that the actual content starts at 0, 0 and the white > > shape > > lies above it. > > But apparently this doesn't work, it seems that the printJob class > > completely ignores that position and just sends the whole mc to the > > spool > > including the white shape. > > I played around with the addPage(xMin,xMax,etc...) margin settings > > but those > > settings aren't of any use for my problem. > > Indeed, neither of those options will work. The only thing that can > save you is masking. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > -- > Steve Webster > Head of Development > > Featurecreep Ltd. > www.featurecreep.com > 14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH > 0117 905 5047 > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
