Thanks for the example John! However, when you printed your output to PDF did you lose a lot of text quality? Printing the image/bitmap i lose a lot of quality on the printout, font is real jagged.
The bitmap image created from my source panel is very clear on. I assume this is because the flash player is not printing it intellegently as a font but rather an image. Even so though... the bitmap image is pretty darn close to the real dimensions of the printed page, based on 72pixel per inch.. Would think i would lose that much qualtily. --Scott --- In [email protected], John Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scott - > > I thought the same thing (use Bitmap/BitmapData). Quick example: > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > creationComplete="init()" > > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > > import flash.display.*; > import flash.printing.*; > import flash.events.*; > > public function init():void { > var i:Number = 100; > while(i>0) { > my_text.htmlText += "<br>Bob is cool as hell. I love bob. <font > face=\"Cochin\" color=\"#333333\"><b>yay!</b></font>bob! bob!"; > i--; > } > } > > public function onClick():void { > > var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData (my_panel.width, > my_panel.height, false); > var b:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bd); > my_image.source = b; > bd.draw(my_text); > > var pj:PrintJob = new PrintJob(); > pj.start(); > pj.addPage(my_text as Sprite);// page 1, original text > pj.addPage(my_image as Sprite);// page 2, bitmap > pj.send(); > } > > > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <mx:Panel id="my_panel" title="My Panel" width="100%" height="100%" > autoLayout="true" click="onClick()"> > <mx:TextArea id="my_text" width="500" height="400"/> > </mx:Panel> > <mx:Image id="my_image" width="{my_panel.width}" > height="{my_panel.height}"/> > > </mx:Application> > > I didn't try going to a printer but just saved as a pdf. Page 2 looks > just like it's displayed in the browser, while page 1 looks like the > text has been shrunken horizontally a tad. Strange, but using bitmap > should solve your issues for now. > > Note... I tried adding the Bitmap object and the BitmapData object to > the printJob but it gave me errors so I'm not sure if the image is > necessary or not. > > John > > > > On May 2, 2007, at 11:24 AM, scott_flex wrote: > > > 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 [email protected], John Mark Hawley <mark@> wrote: > > > > > > Can you make the display object into a bitmap and then print that > > instead? > > > > >> . > > > > >
