In order for Flash to know how much room it needs to print an autosized text field, the font must be embedded. There's no way 'round it. The _height of an autosized text field without embedded fonts will not be correct (for printing).
> > From: "scott_flex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/05/01 Tue AM 08:19:08 CDT > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: FlexPrintJob not printing multiple formatted lines > successfully > > > Geneva, Tahoma and Verdana are 3 problematic fonts i have isolated to > not print correctly. I never get the last line of text to print. > > These 3 fonts are installed on my pc. > > The height of my text area is not set, it grows with the amount of > html text and this has worked very well. Always showing all text on > screen but these 3 fonts never want to print the last line. > > However, for these 3 fonts if I set the height of my text control to > 2 pixels larger that what it would normally grow to when the height > is not set, everything prints out ok... but I can't set the height of > my text controls because I don't know ahead of time how much text > they will contain. > > At this time i plan to remove these 3 fonts from my selection list. > It's odd since these are pretty common fonts. > > Maybe i need to embed the fonts in the app itself, probably the > safest since other users may not have the same font list as I.... but > that's why i was sticking with common fonts. > > Any other insight would be helpful.... > > --Scott > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "scott_flex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Well.... i have determined that it really doesn't matter what font > > family or size it is.... it just won't print the last line even > > though all lines appear on screen with no scroll bars. > > > > The html text of my mx:text object is: > > <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" > > SIZE="12" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">When i try > to > > print this text from a mx:text control and the text wraps to more > > than one line, the last line will not print. It just prints a > white > > blank line intstead. My mx:text component is set to 400 width > which > > is inside a grid item which inside a grid row which is inside > mx:gid > > object.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT> > > > > The width of my mx:text object is set to 400... and even though the > > first few lines print they don't line break exactly as they do on > > screen... just thought that was odd but probably has something to > do > > with the scaling when it prints. I just want it to print the last > > line. > > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated... i'm desperate for ideas of > > what might be the issue. > > > > --Scott > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "scott_flex" <skrause@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have a text control displayed with multiple lines of wrapped > > text , > > > no scroll bars, all text is completely displayed on screen. When > i > > > send this text to the printer only the first line is printed. > > > > > > The text control is displaying html formatted text. This only > > happens > > > to certain font/size combinations. Verdana 11 prints first line > > only, > > > second and 3rd lines don't print, even though they are on screen > > ok. > > > Verdana 12 prints just fine, 2nd and following lines print ok. > > > > > > I've set the print object to NOT print as bitmap > > (printAsBitmap=false) > > > and the scale type for each object added to the print job is set > to > > > show all. > > > > > > Haven't figured out why this happens for some font/size > > combonations... > > > any ideas? > > > > > > > > > -- John Mark Hawley The Nilbog Group 773.968.4980 (cell) -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
