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Post March 27th, 2010, 12:39 pm

Hi all

I'm new to AS3 and was never all that proficient at AS2. I'm working on a simple drag and drop piece and I want to be able to print the contents of the drag and drop.

I'm trying to use the PrintJob class that comes with CS4 but its not working.

Here's what I have...

THE BUTTON HANDLER

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print_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,printContent);

function printContent(evt:MouseEvent) {
  var printJob:PrintJob = new PrintJob();

  if (printJob.start()) {

    if (content_MC.width>printJob.pageWidth) {
      content_MC.width=printJob.pageWidth;
      content_MC.scaleY=content_MC.scaleX;
    }

    printJob.addPage(content_MC);
    printJob.send();
  }
}
  2. print_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,printContent);
  4. function printContent(evt:MouseEvent) {
  5.   var printJob:PrintJob = new PrintJob();
  7.   if (printJob.start()) {
  9.     if (content_MC.width>printJob.pageWidth) {
  10.       content_MC.width=printJob.pageWidth;
  11.       content_MC.scaleY=content_MC.scaleX;
  12.     }
  14.     printJob.addPage(content_MC);
  15.     printJob.send();
  16.   }
  17. }



THE PrintJob CLASS INCLUDED IN CS4

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//****************************************************************************
// ActionScript Standard Library
// PrintJob object
//****************************************************************************

intrinsic class PrintJob
{
  var orientation:String;
  var pageHeight:Number;
  var pageWidth:Number;
  var paperHeight:Number;
  var paperWidth:Number;

  function PrintJob();

  function addPage(target:Object, printArea:Object, options:Object, frameNum:Number):Boolean;
  function send():Void;
  function start():Boolean;
}
  2. //****************************************************************************
  3. // ActionScript Standard Library
  4. // PrintJob object
  5. //****************************************************************************
  7. intrinsic class PrintJob
  8. {
  9.   var orientation:String;
  10.   var pageHeight:Number;
  11.   var pageWidth:Number;
  12.   var paperHeight:Number;
  13.   var paperWidth:Number;
  15.   function PrintJob();
  17.   function addPage(target:Object, printArea:Object, options:Object, frameNum:Number):Boolean;
  18.   function send():Void;
  19.   function start():Boolean;
  20. }


I keep getting all sorts of errors prompting me to edit the PrintJob class. But as soon as I make an edit it comes up with one error after another an won't work.

What am I missing here? Shouldn't the CS4 PrintJob class just be right out of the box? Sorry if this is such a newbie question. But I am a newbie!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
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Post March 27th, 2010, 12:39 pm

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Post March 29th, 2010, 2:54 pm

It should work right out of the box. Are you including a reference to that class at the beginning of your script?

The other thing I would check is to make sure you aren't calling the print class BEFORE anything actually exists inside the content_MC.

Timing is a really common problem for people getting used to actionscript. You might be surprised how often something not being loaded, instantiated etc will cause something seemingly unrelated to fail.
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