MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH - Page 538

538 Printing from SWF Files
To build a print job:
1. Create an instance of the print job object: new PrintJob().
2. Start the print job and display the print dialog box for the operating system:
PrintJob.start(). For more information, see “Starting a print job” on page 539.
3. Add pages to the print job (call once per page to add to the print job):
PrintJob.addPage(). For more information, see “Adding pages to a print job”
on page 540.
4. Send the print job to the printer: PrintJob.send(). For more information, see “Sending
the print job to the printer” on page 543.
5. Delete the print job: delete PrintJob. For more information, see “Deleting the print
job” on page 543.
The following example shows ActionScript that creates a print job for a button:
myButton.onRelease = function()
{
var my_pj = new PrintJob();
var myResult = my_pj.start();
if(myResult){
myResult = my_pj.addPage (0, {xMin : 0, xMax: 400, yMin: 0,
yMax: 400});
myResult = my_pj.addPage ("myMovieClip", {xMin : 0, xMax: 400,
yMin: 400, yMax: 800},{printAsBitmap:true}, 1);
myResult = my_pj.addPage (1, null,{printAsBitmap:false}, 2);
myResult = my_pj.addPage (0);
my_pj.send();
}
delete my_pj;
}
Only one print job can run at any given time. A second print job cannot be created until one
of the following events has happened with the previous print job:
■ The print job was entirely successful and PrintJob.send() method was called.
■ The PrintJob.start() method returned a value of false.
■ The PrintJob.addPage() method returned a value of false.
■ The delete PrintJob method has been called.