Can you make the display object into a bitmap and then print that instead?

> 
> From: "scott_flex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2007/05/02 Wed AM 08:55:20 CDT
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Html Text does NOT print in same format as rendered 
> on screen..
> 
> 
> Here's a small sample app to illustrate what i'm running into..
> 
> http://www.scottkrause.com/PrintTest/PrintingTest.html
> 
> Right click to view source.... It's one file.
> 
> When you click the print button it just adds the text control to the 
> print job object. You'll notice not all the text is printed... I've 
> been testing sending the document to the printer as well as (for 
> saving paper) printing to pdf or Microsoft Document Image writer.
> 
> 
> --Scott
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Can you make a really small test case?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of scott_flex
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 6:58 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Html Text does NOT print in same format as
> > rendered on screen..
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > Text/Fonts render differently when sent to the printer than when 
> > viewed on screen, this is a real PAIN when formatting display 
> objects 
> > to send to the printer.
> > 
> > I've added a few Text controls to to a vbox with variable length 
> > data, some have custom font formatting, ALL installed fonts, even 
> > tested with embedded fonts.
> > 
> > The width of the text box is 100%, which fills to the width of the 
> > vbox, and the height is not set, so it grows to show all text. 
> Works 
> > great.. except when sent to the printer.
> > 
> > When I send these text controls to the print job.addObject and set 
> > scale type to show all, the text breaks at different points and 
> does 
> > NOT render the same as seen on screen. If the text happens to 
> render 
> > a bit wider, teh font could go to the next line and therefore NOT 
> > print.
> > 
> > I JUST WANT THE Text DISPLAY OBJECT to print on the printer in the 
> > exact format/rendering as seen on screen... is this not possible. I 
> > think when you send this text control to the printer, flash trys to 
> > get smart and not render the text as an image but as text... which 
> > changes some line breaks and such... this is really annoying.
> > 
> > Not sure how to solf this issue... just want all my text to print. 
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > 
> > I posted this same issue in another post... not sure it was clear 
> as 
> > to what my problem is.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 

--
John Mark Hawley
The Nilbog Group
773.968.4980 (cell)



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