I've spent two days researching and playing with printing in Flex 3.4. I was somewhat excited to learn this area of Flex which I had not previously explored but have only one word (for now): Disappointing.
Primarily because there are many, many unresolved defects with various parts of the printing system that render it unusable. There are a couple of alternatives but they are unprofessional at best. The PrintDataGrid works awesome if you have simple no-wrap/no-renderer rows and no more than one page and forget multi-page printing, it's a mess. Dear Adobe Flex Engineer Folk, Can anybody with authority speak openly and honestly why very little effort has been devoted to delivering something that will work out of the box? I haven't run across any other portion of the Flex SDK that is as unusable and you should be commended for that effort. It might be useful to remove all printing related documentation until it is all verified and working so others don't waste time trying to get it to work. Based upon the Bug System, very little/if any has improved for the V4 release and fixing printing defects remains low on the defect review team list. Perhaps you can help us outsiders understand the overall Print Strategy for Flex? Sincerely, Flex Developers Without Printing Folk p.s. If you need help, let's assemble a Tiger Team to get it working. ;)
