I thought about that. I don't know how to make it a bitmap yet but from what i've seen i should be able to fairly easily...and I assume i can send a bitmap image to the printer.
In my real app i'm taking a few panels and adding them to a vbox control so I can create "pages" to send to the printer. I calculate the height and when the combined height of my panels with text are taller than a page 700ish pixels high, i create another page... this also allows me to have a nice print preview screen so they see exactly how it will print... --Scott --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, John Mark Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > 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 flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > Can you make a really small test case? > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of scott_flex > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 6:58 PM > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > 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) >
