Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Another approach would be to create an XML file that contains the data that you want formatted, send it to a server, process it into a PDF using FOP from Apache.org. This is a very flexible solution since you separate the data from the formatting and the output can be PDF, HTML, PCL(HP Printer language) and several others. The destination can be a file on the server, a printer or an e-mail address/distribution list. XML-FO is a well documented standard for describing formatted reports and Apache's FOP is free and a fairly complete implementation of the XML-FO standard. Ron g.wygonik wrote: Hi Jason I didn't take any tone from your post - I try to read them as words and not infer things. If you had said that sucks!, I would have taken it badly ;-) From what I've gathered from users who have contacted me to tell me how they use it, there seems to be a lot of fill out this form and we'll assemble a PDF of your choices-type apps. I've seen some impressive full-color catalogs for big companies created that way. But in these cases, each page is programmatically typeset. Here's some code that would illustrate how text is added: mypage = myPDF.setDrawingPage(1); mypage.setNumberFormat(inches); mypage.drawString(1,1,myFont1,24,0xff,This is red, 24point text at 1 inch over and 1 inch down from the top left); You can kind-of setup templates by using a Flash movie that is the size of your document (in inches) x 72 (for dpi), and then lay out text areas and take their locations and use those in your drawString() methods being sure to set the drawing mode to pixels or points. I hope that helps. I don't want to do too much support or up-front info on Flashcoders, but I figured I'd follow-up this one since others may want to know. I'd prefer to do support and other questions off-list. :-) g. On 10/20/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I realized after I sent that my tone didn't appear to good - it looks like a great product Greg - just trying to figure out how I can use it for a project. How do most people handle text with it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:41 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format So to get text into the PDF you would need to re-draw it somehow? Hmmm, might be a showstopper for me, but thanks anyway. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hey Jason (and all) Do you know how many PDF pages it can generate (is there a max)? There is no programmatic limit to the number of pages. While I have had users create 20-40 page documents, I haven't had anyone try, say, 9,000 pages. :-) Will it render out dynamic textfields in the positions they are in? No. Not exactly. Basically all text is created in the document by using a drawString() method. So, you would need to re-draw things into the PDF. Or, you could use the component as your main display and only do it once. But it's not take this textfield and pop it into the PDF. What about HTML text? Nope. Can you generate a hardcopy PDF Document or does it just sent the PDF data to a browser window? It generates a full PDF document into a variable in Flash. So it's left up to the developer to either save it to the server, push it to the client via the server, or save it locally via Zinc or other projector. Thanks No problem. Hope that helps. :-) g. -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http
Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Have you looked at Adobe EPS File language specification ? You can find it here : http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/ps/index_specs.html *Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) File Format Specification Version 3.0* #5002 http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf You should be able to do something with that ... HTH Eric Lee wrote: Howdy list, I'm looking for a way to export vector data from flash to some sort of a format that Illustrator can use-svg, ai, eps, etc. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks! -eric ++ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Josh Davis demonstrated how to do this at an old Flash Forward conference. I don't remember the exact details, but it involved printing the SWF as it was running to a Postscript printer driver, but having the output save to a PS file rather than actually printing. I'm sure the exact process is described on the web someplace. -josh On Oct 19, 2006, at 1:51p, Eric Lee wrote: Sorry, should've been a bit more specific -- I have a swf that is dynamically generating vector data (placing movie clips, drawing lines, etc. according to predefined algorithms). I'm looking to export data generated from that swf to a vector format, and I don't think copy and paste works for this type of thing. Any recommendations? Thanks! -Eric ++ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:13 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Copy and paste seems to work if you are using both Flash Illustrator at home. If you have to share with others, Flash will export to a sensible medium - ai / eps are both available in the Export Image dialogues, but watch out, I think it exports from the clip you are editing rather than the main timeline. Eric Lee wrote: Howdy list, I'm looking for a way to export vector data from flash to some sort of a format that Illustrator can use-svg, ai, eps, etc. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks! -eric ++ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
I always forget that I posted my original EPS drawing experiments to my lab site (i always forget that i have a lab site). You can check http://lab.artificialcolors.com/index.php?id=2,0,0,1,0,0 for the Flash2EPS experiment. There's a sample SWF and a ZIP file with source. It's a little scattered but there are some comments in there that should get you going if you want to go this route. It does work and has been used in that awesome create a snowflake app from years back, so it might work for you too. :-) enjoy g. On 10/22/06, Josh Santangelo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh Davis demonstrated how to do this at an old Flash Forward conference. I don't remember the exact details, but it involved printing the SWF as it was running to a Postscript printer driver, but having the output save to a PS file rather than actually printing. I'm sure the exact process is described on the web someplace. -josh On Oct 19, 2006, at 1:51p, Eric Lee wrote: Sorry, should've been a bit more specific -- I have a swf that is dynamically generating vector data (placing movie clips, drawing lines, etc. according to predefined algorithms). I'm looking to export data generated from that swf to a vector format, and I don't think copy and paste works for this type of thing. Any recommendations? Thanks! -Eric ++ -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
So to get text into the PDF you would need to re-draw it somehow? Hmmm, might be a showstopper for me, but thanks anyway. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hey Jason (and all) Do you know how many PDF pages it can generate (is there a max)? There is no programmatic limit to the number of pages. While I have had users create 20-40 page documents, I haven't had anyone try, say, 9,000 pages. :-) Will it render out dynamic textfields in the positions they are in? No. Not exactly. Basically all text is created in the document by using a drawString() method. So, you would need to re-draw things into the PDF. Or, you could use the component as your main display and only do it once. But it's not take this textfield and pop it into the PDF. What about HTML text? Nope. Can you generate a hardcopy PDF Document or does it just sent the PDF data to a browser window? It generates a full PDF document into a variable in Flash. So it's left up to the developer to either save it to the server, push it to the client via the server, or save it locally via Zinc or other projector. Thanks No problem. Hope that helps. :-) g. -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
I realized after I sent that my tone didn't appear to good - it looks like a great product Greg - just trying to figure out how I can use it for a project. How do most people handle text with it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:41 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format So to get text into the PDF you would need to re-draw it somehow? Hmmm, might be a showstopper for me, but thanks anyway. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hey Jason (and all) Do you know how many PDF pages it can generate (is there a max)? There is no programmatic limit to the number of pages. While I have had users create 20-40 page documents, I haven't had anyone try, say, 9,000 pages. :-) Will it render out dynamic textfields in the positions they are in? No. Not exactly. Basically all text is created in the document by using a drawString() method. So, you would need to re-draw things into the PDF. Or, you could use the component as your main display and only do it once. But it's not take this textfield and pop it into the PDF. What about HTML text? Nope. Can you generate a hardcopy PDF Document or does it just sent the PDF data to a browser window? It generates a full PDF document into a variable in Flash. So it's left up to the developer to either save it to the server, push it to the client via the server, or save it locally via Zinc or other projector. Thanks No problem. Hope that helps. :-) g. -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Hi Jason I didn't take any tone from your post - I try to read them as words and not infer things. If you had said that sucks!, I would have taken it badly ;-) From what I've gathered from users who have contacted me to tell me how they use it, there seems to be a lot of fill out this form and we'll assemble a PDF of your choices-type apps. I've seen some impressive full-color catalogs for big companies created that way. But in these cases, each page is programmatically typeset. Here's some code that would illustrate how text is added: mypage = myPDF.setDrawingPage(1); mypage.setNumberFormat(inches); mypage.drawString(1,1,myFont1,24,0xff,This is red, 24point text at 1 inch over and 1 inch down from the top left); You can kind-of setup templates by using a Flash movie that is the size of your document (in inches) x 72 (for dpi), and then lay out text areas and take their locations and use those in your drawString() methods being sure to set the drawing mode to pixels or points. I hope that helps. I don't want to do too much support or up-front info on Flashcoders, but I figured I'd follow-up this one since others may want to know. I'd prefer to do support and other questions off-list. :-) g. On 10/20/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I realized after I sent that my tone didn't appear to good - it looks like a great product Greg - just trying to figure out how I can use it for a project. How do most people handle text with it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:41 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format So to get text into the PDF you would need to re-draw it somehow? Hmmm, might be a showstopper for me, but thanks anyway. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hey Jason (and all) Do you know how many PDF pages it can generate (is there a max)? There is no programmatic limit to the number of pages. While I have had users create 20-40 page documents, I haven't had anyone try, say, 9,000 pages. :-) Will it render out dynamic textfields in the positions they are in? No. Not exactly. Basically all text is created in the document by using a drawString() method. So, you would need to re-draw things into the PDF. Or, you could use the component as your main display and only do it once. But it's not take this textfield and pop it into the PDF. What about HTML text? Nope. Can you generate a hardcopy PDF Document or does it just sent the PDF data to a browser window? It generates a full PDF document into a variable in Flash. So it's left up to the developer to either save it to the server, push it to the client via the server, or save it locally via Zinc or other projector. Thanks No problem. Hope that helps. :-) g. -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Cool, thanks Greg, that looks like TextFields could be workable (other than the HTML formatting). I'll check out your demo for sure. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:02 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hi Jason I didn't take any tone from your post - I try to read them as words and not infer things. If you had said that sucks!, I would have taken it badly ;-) From what I've gathered from users who have contacted me to tell me how they use it, there seems to be a lot of fill out this form and we'll assemble a PDF of your choices-type apps. I've seen some impressive full-color catalogs for big companies created that way. But in these cases, each page is programmatically typeset. Here's some code that would illustrate how text is added: mypage = myPDF.setDrawingPage(1); mypage.setNumberFormat(inches); mypage.drawString(1,1,myFont1,24,0xff,This is red, 24point text at 1 inch over and 1 inch down from the top left); You can kind-of setup templates by using a Flash movie that is the size of your document (in inches) x 72 (for dpi), and then lay out text areas and take their locations and use those in your drawString() methods being sure to set the drawing mode to pixels or points. I hope that helps. I don't want to do too much support or up-front info on Flashcoders, but I figured I'd follow-up this one since others may want to know. I'd prefer to do support and other questions off-list. :-) g. On 10/20/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I realized after I sent that my tone didn't appear to good - it looks like a great product Greg - just trying to figure out how I can use it for a project. How do most people handle text with it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:41 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format So to get text into the PDF you would need to re-draw it somehow? Hmmm, might be a showstopper for me, but thanks anyway. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hey Jason (and all) Do you know how many PDF pages it can generate (is there a max)? There is no programmatic limit to the number of pages. While I have had users create 20-40 page documents, I haven't had anyone try, say, 9,000 pages. :-) Will it render out dynamic textfields in the positions they are in? No. Not exactly. Basically all text is created in the document by using a drawString() method. So, you would need to re-draw things into the PDF. Or, you could use the component as your main display and only do it once. But it's not take this textfield and pop it into the PDF. What about HTML text? Nope. Can you generate a hardcopy PDF Document or does it just sent the PDF data to a browser window? It generates a full PDF document into a variable in Flash. So it's left up to the developer to either save it to the server, push it to the client via the server, or save it locally via Zinc or other projector. Thanks No problem. Hope that helps. :-) g. -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- weblog
RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Actually, it seems if you could parse out the tags in the TextFormat of the text field, some HTML could be worked into text formatting in the PDF. inch over and 1 inch down from the top left); Does it have to be inches or could pixel positions be designated? I suppose they could be converted first. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:09 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Cool, thanks Greg, that looks like TextFields could be workable (other than the HTML formatting). I'll check out your demo for sure. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:02 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hi Jason I didn't take any tone from your post - I try to read them as words and not infer things. If you had said that sucks!, I would have taken it badly ;-) From what I've gathered from users who have contacted me to tell me how they use it, there seems to be a lot of fill out this form and we'll assemble a PDF of your choices-type apps. I've seen some impressive full-color catalogs for big companies created that way. But in these cases, each page is programmatically typeset. Here's some code that would illustrate how text is added: mypage = myPDF.setDrawingPage(1); mypage.setNumberFormat(inches); mypage.drawString(1,1,myFont1,24,0xff,This is red, 24point text at 1 inch over and 1 inch down from the top left); You can kind-of setup templates by using a Flash movie that is the size of your document (in inches) x 72 (for dpi), and then lay out text areas and take their locations and use those in your drawString() methods being sure to set the drawing mode to pixels or points. I hope that helps. I don't want to do too much support or up-front info on Flashcoders, but I figured I'd follow-up this one since others may want to know. I'd prefer to do support and other questions off-list. :-) g. On 10/20/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I realized after I sent that my tone didn't appear to good - it looks like a great product Greg - just trying to figure out how I can use it for a project. How do most people handle text with it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:41 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format So to get text into the PDF you would need to re-draw it somehow? Hmmm, might be a showstopper for me, but thanks anyway. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hey Jason (and all) Do you know how many PDF pages it can generate (is there a max)? There is no programmatic limit to the number of pages. While I have had users create 20-40 page documents, I haven't had anyone try, say, 9,000 pages. :-) Will it render out dynamic textfields in the positions they are in? No. Not exactly. Basically all text is created in the document by using a drawString() method. So, you would need to re-draw things into the PDF. Or, you could use the component as your main display and only do it once. But it's not take this textfield and pop it into the PDF. What about HTML text? Nope. Can you generate a hardcopy PDF Document or does it just sent the PDF data to a browser window? It generates a full PDF document into a variable in Flash. So ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Inches was just what i used in that example. Check out the setNumberFormat() command. You can use all the standards - in,mm,px,pt,cm, etc. :-) This will apply to all drawing commands (even the Flash drawing API commands i override) until you change it again. g. On 10/20/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, it seems if you could parse out the tags in the TextFormat of the text field, some HTML could be worked into text formatting in the PDF. inch over and 1 inch down from the top left); Does it have to be inches or could pixel positions be designated? I suppose they could be converted first. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:09 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Cool, thanks Greg, that looks like TextFields could be workable (other than the HTML formatting). I'll check out your demo for sure. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:02 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hi Jason I didn't take any tone from your post - I try to read them as words and not infer things. If you had said that sucks!, I would have taken it badly ;-) From what I've gathered from users who have contacted me to tell me how they use it, there seems to be a lot of fill out this form and we'll assemble a PDF of your choices-type apps. I've seen some impressive full-color catalogs for big companies created that way. But in these cases, each page is programmatically typeset. Here's some code that would illustrate how text is added: mypage = myPDF.setDrawingPage(1); mypage.setNumberFormat(inches); mypage.drawString(1,1,myFont1,24,0xff,This is red, 24point text at 1 inch over and 1 inch down from the top left); You can kind-of setup templates by using a Flash movie that is the size of your document (in inches) x 72 (for dpi), and then lay out text areas and take their locations and use those in your drawString() methods being sure to set the drawing mode to pixels or points. I hope that helps. I don't want to do too much support or up-front info on Flashcoders, but I figured I'd follow-up this one since others may want to know. I'd prefer to do support and other questions off-list. :-) g. On 10/20/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I realized after I sent that my tone didn't appear to good - it looks like a great product Greg - just trying to figure out how I can use it for a project. How do most people handle text with it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:41 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format So to get text into the PDF you would need to re-draw it somehow? Hmmm, might be a showstopper for me, but thanks anyway. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:11 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hey Jason (and all) Do you know how many PDF pages it can generate (is there a max)? There is no programmatic limit to the number of pages. While I have had users create 20-40 page documents, I haven't had anyone try, say, 9,000 pages. :-) Will it render out dynamic textfields in the positions they are in? No. Not exactly. Basically all text is created in the document by using a drawString() method. So, you would need to re-draw things into the PDF. Or, you could use the component as your main display and only do it once. But it's not take this textfield and pop it into the PDF. What about HTML text? Nope. Can you generate a hardcopy PDF Document or does it just sent the PDF data to a browser window? It generates a full PDF document into a variable in Flash. So ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF
Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Copy and paste seems to work if you are using both Flash Illustrator at home. If you have to share with others, Flash will export to a sensible medium - ai / eps are both available in the Export Image dialogues, but watch out, I think it exports from the clip you are editing rather than the main timeline. Eric Lee wrote: Howdy list, I'm looking for a way to export vector data from flash to some sort of a format that Illustrator can use-svg, ai, eps, etc. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks! -eric ++ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Sorry, should've been a bit more specific -- I have a swf that is dynamically generating vector data (placing movie clips, drawing lines, etc. according to predefined algorithms). I'm looking to export data generated from that swf to a vector format, and I don't think copy and paste works for this type of thing. Any recommendations? Thanks! -Eric ++ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:13 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Copy and paste seems to work if you are using both Flash Illustrator at home. If you have to share with others, Flash will export to a sensible medium - ai / eps are both available in the Export Image dialogues, but watch out, I think it exports from the clip you are editing rather than the main timeline. Eric Lee wrote: Howdy list, I'm looking for a way to export vector data from flash to some sort of a format that Illustrator can use-svg, ai, eps, etc. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks! -eric ++ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
If you have access to the source (or are willing to decompile) you can add code to create a SVG or other description as the lines are drawn, then use getURL to POST the results to a server or dump them into a textarea. You may also be able to hijack the original code, by wrapping the SWF in a custom SWF which replaces the original methods with ones that first save the data to your structure and then pass the arguments on to the replaced method. Eric Lee wrote: Sorry, should've been a bit more specific -- I have a swf that is dynamically generating vector data (placing movie clips, drawing lines, etc. according to predefined algorithms). I'm looking to export data generated from that swf to a vector format, and I don't think copy and paste works for this type of thing. Any recommendations? Thanks! -Eric ++ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:13 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Copy and paste seems to work if you are using both Flash Illustrator at home. If you have to share with others, Flash will export to a sensible medium - ai / eps are both available in the Export Image dialogues, but watch out, I think it exports from the clip you are editing rather than the main timeline. Eric Lee wrote: Howdy list, I'm looking for a way to export vector data from flash to some sort of a format that Illustrator can use-svg, ai, eps, etc. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks! -eric ++ -- Robert r. Sanders Chief Technologist iPOV (334) 821-5412 www.ipov.net ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Hi Eric I'm not sure if it will help your exact situation, but my blazePDF component will allow you to create a PDF document at run-time entirely within your Flash app (no print drivers or anything). You could, in theory, use this to create your PDF which retains vector representations of drawing commands, allows bitmap images or MovieClips to be rendered as bitmap, and then save the PDF. You can then open the PDF in Illustrator, Freehand, PhotoShop, et al. While I did have a Flash2EPS project many years ago, it was fairly limited in scope. And since you mentioned MovieClips, I avoid going this route as it was just basic drawing commands. You can find more info on blazePDF at www.blazepdf.com (neat, huh?) ;-) Hope that helps. Cheers g. On 10/19/06, Eric Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, should've been a bit more specific -- I have a swf that is dynamically generating vector data (placing movie clips, drawing lines, etc. according to predefined algorithms). I'm looking to export data generated from that swf to a vector format, and I don't think copy and paste works for this type of thing. Any recommendations? Thanks! -Eric ++ -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
If I could tap in here and ask a question: Greg, that looks really cool - I had heard of it before, but now I might be interested Blaze PDF for a project. Do you know how many PDF pages it can generate (is there a max)? Will it render out dynamic textfields in the positions they are in? What about HTML text? Can you generate a hardcopy PDF Document or does it just sent the PDF data to a browser window? Thanks Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:53 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hi Eric I'm not sure if it will help your exact situation, but my blazePDF component will allow you to create a PDF document at run-time entirely within your Flash app (no print drivers or anything). You could, in theory, use this to create your PDF which retains vector representations of drawing commands, allows bitmap images or MovieClips to be rendered as bitmap, and then save the PDF. You can then open the PDF in Illustrator, Freehand, PhotoShop, et al. While I did have a Flash2EPS project many years ago, it was fairly limited in scope. And since you mentioned MovieClips, I avoid going this route as it was just basic drawing commands. You can find more info on blazePDF at www.blazepdf.com (neat, huh?) ;-) Hope that helps. Cheers g. On 10/19/06, Eric Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, should've been a bit more specific -- I have a swf that is dynamically generating vector data (placing movie clips, drawing lines, etc. according to predefined algorithms). I'm looking to export data generated from that swf to a vector format, and I don't think copy and paste works for this type of thing. Any recommendations? Thanks! -Eric ++ -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Hey Greg, This looks like a perfect solution for my project, thanks for the tip! -Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g.wygonik Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:53 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format Hi Eric I'm not sure if it will help your exact situation, but my blazePDF component will allow you to create a PDF document at run-time entirely within your Flash app (no print drivers or anything). You could, in theory, use this to create your PDF which retains vector representations of drawing commands, allows bitmap images or MovieClips to be rendered as bitmap, and then save the PDF. You can then open the PDF in Illustrator, Freehand, PhotoShop, et al. While I did have a Flash2EPS project many years ago, it was fairly limited in scope. And since you mentioned MovieClips, I avoid going this route as it was just basic drawing commands. You can find more info on blazePDF at www.blazepdf.com (neat, huh?) ;-) Hope that helps. Cheers g. On 10/19/06, Eric Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, should've been a bit more specific -- I have a swf that is dynamically generating vector data (placing movie clips, drawing lines, etc. according to predefined algorithms). I'm looking to export data generated from that swf to a vector format, and I don't think copy and paste works for this type of thing. Any recommendations? Thanks! -Eric ++ -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Exporting from flash to vector format
Hey Jason (and all) Do you know how many PDF pages it can generate (is there a max)? There is no programmatic limit to the number of pages. While I have had users create 20-40 page documents, I haven't had anyone try, say, 9,000 pages. :-) Will it render out dynamic textfields in the positions they are in? No. Not exactly. Basically all text is created in the document by using a drawString() method. So, you would need to re-draw things into the PDF. Or, you could use the component as your main display and only do it once. But it's not take this textfield and pop it into the PDF. What about HTML text? Nope. Can you generate a hardcopy PDF Document or does it just sent the PDF data to a browser window? It generates a full PDF document into a variable in Flash. So it's left up to the developer to either save it to the server, push it to the client via the server, or save it locally via Zinc or other projector. Thanks No problem. Hope that helps. :-) g. -- weblog: broadcast.artificialcolors.com blazePDF: www.blazepdf.com band: www.cutratebox.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
