Try copying using BitmapData, not ByteArray. Take a visual snapshot,
not an object snapshot.
Ian
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Kevin Holleran <kdaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Kevin Holleran <kdaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> How can a copy the display object into another so that I can
>> manipulate the coped object but not the original? I want to copy the
>> object, not the reference.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>
> Okay.... I have the following code:
>
> public class Coupons extends Sprite {
> public var mainMovieClip:MovieClip;
> public var printMovieClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
> var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
>
> .....
>
> public function printCoupons(ev:Event) {
> // we set the zoom to 100%
> myPDF.setDisplayMode ( Display.REAL );
> bytes.writeObject(mainMovieClip);
> bytes.position = 0;
> printMovieClip = bytes.readObject();
> printMovieClip.removeChild(printBtn);
> printMovieClip.scaleX = .9;
> printMovieClip.scaleY = .9;
> // we add a page
> myPDF.addPage();
> myPDF.addImage(printMovieClip);
>
> When I click the print button, I am receiving an error:
>
> TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null
> object reference.
> at Coupons/printCoupons()
>
> I don't understand what the null object is. When I remove the
> attempted clone of the object, the export to PDF works great, but I
> don't want the scale to effect the actual canvas.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Kevin
>
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