[Flashcoders] How to handle ScriptTimeoutError with larger PrintJobs?

[Wenzler, Thomas]

Dear Flashcoders,
I need to find a solution to the said problem:
I have an swf with a "printAll" function that prints out the content of a 
multiple frames mc that loads at runtime. Since the Flash.PrintJob class has a 
built in 15 second Timeout between every subsequent 
PrintJob.start()/PrintJob.addPage()/PrintJob,send() I get Timeout Errors when 
the spooling of the pages takes to long. I need to find a way to catch this 
error and at least reset my swf (I do some scaling to fit to the Print size and 
reset that later on). Right now I only catch Errors when the user cancels the 
print job or another error occurs on printing but not the Timeout. Anyway, 
here's what I tried to date:

///___________________
var counter=1;
var myPrintJob:PrintJob;
var currFrame;
var options:PrintJobOptions = new PrintJobOptions();
options.printAsBitmap = false;
                 
function printHandler(event:MouseEvent) 
{
        counter=0;
        myPrintJob=new PrintJob();
        var printTrigger=event.target.name;
     currFrame=ref.currentFrame;
     reset_mc();

        //alles drucken
        if (printTrigger=="print_btn") 
        {
     for (var i=1;i<=ref.totalFrames;i++)
     {
         dispatchEvent(new Event("addNewPage"));
         }
        }
         
}
function OnAddNewPage(e:Event)
{
        try
        {
                counter++;
                if(counter==1)
                {
                        trace("started")
                        myPrintJob.start();
                }
                
                //setze Printbreite
                if (ref.width>myPrintJob.paperWidth) 
                {
                        ref.width=myPrintJob.paperWidth;
                        ref.scaleY=ref.scaleX;
                }
                trace("adding "+counter)
                ref.gotoAndStop(counter);
                myPrintJob.addPage(ref,null,options);
                
                if(counter==ref.totalFrames)
                {
                        trace("sent")
                        myPrintJob.send();
                        myPrintJob=null;
                        //mc zurücksetzen
                        reset_mc();
                }
        }
        
        catch(error:Error)
        {
                //mc zurücksetzen
                trace("print error: "+error);
                myPrintJob=null;
                reset_mc();
                return;
        }
        catch(e:ScriptTimeoutError) 
        {
                // ScriptTimeoutError: Error #1502: A script has executed for 
longer than 15 seconds
        trace("Timeout: "+e);    
        reset_mc();
                myPrintJob=null;
                return;
    }
                
}
function reset_mc()
{
//mc zurücksetzen
 //trace("resetting");
}

///_________________________

Thanks for any input on this....
Thomas

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