[flexcoders] Re: Printing a large string over multiple pages

[Anthony DeBonis]

Here is some code we use to slice up a long list and print on X# of 
pages. You should be able to do somethink like this...
Hope the code gets formated ok



// Add 2nd page displaying names of selected organizations
var selectedOrgList:List = new List();
selectedOrgList.setActualSize(printJob.pageHeight, 
printJob.pageWidth);
selectedOrgList.setStyle("fontSize","8");
//selectedOrgList.dataProvider = orgList.selectedItems;
var facilitiesPerPage:int = RECORDS_PER_PAGE;
if (printJob.pageHeight < printJob.pageWidth)
{       //height is less than width so we are in landscape mode and 
can't fit as many records per page
        facilitiesPerPage = LS_RECORDS_PER_PAGE;
}
selectedOrgList.rowCount = facilitiesPerPage;

var pageCount:int = Math.ceil(orgList.selectedItems.length / 
facilitiesPerPage) ;

var printFacilityViewHolder:Array = new Array();
chartTitle = chartTitle + "\nFacility List";
var sortedOrgs:Array = orgList.selectedItems;
sortedOrgs.sortOn("name");
for (var loopCtr:int = 0; loopCtr < pageCount; loopCtr++) {
        var pfv:PrintFacilityView = new PrintFacilityView();
        addChild(pfv);
        pfv.setDimensions(printJob.pageHeight, printJob.pageWidth);
        var startIndex:int = facilitiesPerPage * loopCtr;
        var endIndex:int = facilitiesPerPage * (loopCtr + 1);
        var pagedOrgList:Array = 
                sortedOrgs.slice(startIndex, endIndex);
        selectedOrgList.styleName = "facilityListStyle";
        selectedOrgList.dataProvider = pagedOrgList;
        selectedOrgList.labelField = "name";
        
        pfv.facilityListView.addChild(selectedOrgList);
        pfv.setChartTitle(chartTitle + " (" + (loopCtr + 1) + " of " 
+ pageCount + ")");             
        printFacilityViewHolder[loopCtr] = pfv;
        printJob.addObject(pfv, FlexPrintJobScaleType.MATCH_WIDTH);
} 
//And send the job to the printer.
printJob.send();                                
//make the print view invisible then remove it
printView.visible = false;

//ATD 10/23/2006 changed to call removeChild from 
printView.facilityListView not printView....
for (loopCtr = 0; loopCtr < pageCount; loopCtr++) {
        removeChild(printFacilityViewHolder[loopCtr]);
}  

removeChild(printView);
//selectedOrgList.visible = false;
//restore the regionChartStack to its original condition
restoreStack(chartSwitch, stackSelected);