It does seem, from reading that document, that you can choose the printer to send the print-job to, and set the parameters for that printer, and skip all the dialog boxes... I'll have to play with that... Thanks!
My next question, then, is accessing remote data -- my Flex app using the Flash Player has no problem calling a remote ColdFusion function to grab data from the SQL server, and send data back there... How much does that change in AIR? Or is it pretty much the same thing? L. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui <aha...@...> wrote: > > I use this version of the doc: > http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform//reference/actionscript/3/flash/printing/PrintJob.html > > There are lots of new printing features in AIR2.0 which may be why there > isn't a lot of searchable info. The link I supplied implies that in AIR 2.0, > you set the PrintJob.printer property to a printer and call PrintJob.start2() > to skip the dialogs. Not sure how it will work on all platforms so give it a > try. > > Plan B, I think, is to generate a bitmap of the page and upload it to a > server than can access the printer. Can work for shared printers but not > local ones. > > > On 8/31/10 3:05 PM, "Laurence" <lmacne...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > The installation/authorization stuff I can deal with... Not being able to > control my print jobs properly, I can't deal with. > > I can find surprisingly little information about printing in AIR -- it's > almost like printing was an afterthought for Flex and AIR. > > Exactly how much more control over printing does AIR give me? Can it print > everything without pop-ups? Can it control which printer the app sends the > print-job to -- again, without pop-ups? Those are the two main things I need. > > Thanks, > L. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , > Alex Harui <aharui@> wrote: > > > > AIR does give more control over printing. AIR requires installation, a > > web-hosted app does not. I don't know the security rules that well, but it > > isn't clear how you prevent someone from installing the app and accessing > > your server unless you require authentication first. > > > > > > On 8/31/10 1:10 PM, "Laurence" <LMacNeill@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I could really use some major advice here. We're so close to the finishing > > point on this project, and we're being held back by stupid printing > > problems... > > > > We have to be able to print with no pop-up dialog boxes, and the choice of > > which printer to send the job to will be affected by the data (i.e. a > > client with reg-code X gets printed on printer-1 and a client with reg-code > > Y gets printed on printer-2.) > > > > We have to automate this, because the temp-workers we hire can't be counted > > on to remember how do it correctly. > > > > So... Any ideas on how I can deal with this? Should I dump Flash Player > > and switch to AIR? Would that give me better control over the printing? > > Can AIR actually do all that I'm asking for here? What will switching to > > AIR mean for accessing our data from our ColdFusion/SQL server through > > https:, if anything? > > > > Thanks, > > Laurence MacNeill > > Mableton, Georgia, USA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alex Harui > > Flex SDK Team > > Adobe System, Inc. > > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > > > > > > -- > Alex Harui > Flex SDK Team > Adobe System, Inc. > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui >
