I remember in AS2 I created an array of movieclips with print content
and then print the array one by one. Each array entry was a movie clip
object. I had to manually measure when the movieclip is to high, then
create another one, etc.
Now from the livedocs:
The PrintJob class hasn't changed dramatically for the ActionScript
3.0 implementation of printing. However, a few critical differences
are worth noting:
* The PrintJob.addPage() method now takes a Sprite and a Rectangle
object for the first two parameters.
So, I would manually measure the height of the sprite each time i add
a word or a character to it, if it's too high I would create another
sprite with textfield inside and continue with the remaining text.
There might be better ways to do it in AS3, I haven't tried any
printing yet.
--- In [email protected], "Paul Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Still desperately trying to find a solution to this!
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> How can I print a text field that contains more than one page worth
of text
> over multiple pages?
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> Thanks
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> Paul
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Paul Steven
> Sent: 29 November 2007 20:30
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [SPAM] [flexcoders] Printing a large string over multiple pages
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> I am printing a large string and it is only printing one page worth
of the
> string data. Ideally I would like it to print the entire string using as
> many pages as it requires to print out the entire contents. Any help
much
> appreciated!!
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> This is my print function code:
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> private function doPrint():void {
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> var printJob:FlexPrintJob = new FlexPrintJob();
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> var formPrintView:SubmissionReport = new
SubmissionReport();
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> addChild(formPrintView);
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> var todayDate:Date = new Date();
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> formPrintView.detailUsername.text =
> _session.getSessionUsername();
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> formPrintView.detailDate.text = String(todayDate);
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> formPrintView.detailcontent.text =
> _session.returnSubmissionReportText()
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> printJob.start();
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> printJob.addObject(formPrintView);
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> printJob.send();
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> removeChild(formPrintView);
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> }
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