RE: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Michael Randolph
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sidney > de Koning > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:47 AM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer > > My god; my spelling is awfull! what i meant to say is; > > System.c

Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
sh Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer My god; my spelling is awfull! what i meant to say is; System.capabilities.hasPrinting - you can check if the user has a printer, if not you can use PDF output. Cheers, Sid

RE: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
--Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sidney de Koning Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:47 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer My god; my spelling is awfull! what i meant to say is; System.capabilities.hasPrinting

Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Sidney de Koning
My god; my spelling is awfull! what i meant to say is; System.capabilities.hasPrinting - you can check if the user has a printer, if not you can use PDF output. Cheers, Sid On Apr 15, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Sidney de Koning wrote: Hi Michael, In System.capabilities you have a couple of functi

RE: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi Glen... Yes, I see there's System.capabilities.hasPrinting returning a Boolean, but I'm looking for something that theoretically returns an array of printer drivers, where I could traverse through it and see if one of them is "PDF writer." - MM > Have a look at System.capabilities - if you

Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Sidney de Koning
Hi Michael, In System.capabilities you have a couple of functions you can use; playerType - for the plugin version, so no need for JS. hasPrinting - you cna chech is the use has a printer if not PDF output, is this what you need? Cheers, Sidney On Apr 15, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Mendelsohn, Mich

Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
Have a look at System.capabilities - if you can, it should be in there somewhere. Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi List... Is there any technique for detecting pdf writing ability from within Flash (AS2)? The closest thing I've been able to find would be to call an external jscript to detect an

[Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi List... Is there any technique for detecting pdf writing ability from within Flash (AS2)? The closest thing I've been able to find would be to call an external jscript to detect an activexobject, but I think that only works for detecting Reader. What I'm looking for is a way to detect if the