Danny, Well, I was theorizing but as it turns out, PrintJob does not cause the Flash player to hang. It apparently does handle it just fine. The issue is definitely with some other code that Grime has running and the fact that PrintJob causes a sychronous call to be made.
Therefore, the bug is in Grime's code, not PrintJob. -Steven > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Danny Kodicek > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:10 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] PrintJob causes Abort Script error message. > > > > And for the record, I am certainly no friend of the > PrintJob class. It's > > poorly written and I've pointed out its numerous flaws in > previous posts > > to > > this list. > > > > Yes, it shouldn't have been coded to work the way it does. > The way it > > works > > is poorly thought out. But, that doesn't mean that it's a > bug because it > > technically is working exactly as it should. > > I think we're in a semantic discussion about what is and > isn't a bug here. I > agree with Steve W: I can't see that the Flash engineers would have > specifically designed it with this behaviour in mind, and the > behaviour is > not what the function ought to do from a user's perspective, > therefore it's > a bug. (Otherwise you could argue that *every* program is > doing exactly what > it was programmed to do, therefore nothing is a bug). > > I would argue that Flash's 'is it hanging' test should be > given a hook that > the printJob (or other) classes could talk to, which > essentially stops it > checking until the function is returned. Anyway, I was under > the impression > that it counted number of lines of code executed, not time taken. In > particular, your discovery that this doesn't occur in a > barebones movie > would seem to imply that it *is* a bug, because somehow the > synchronicity > isn't being maintained. > > > > > Danny Kodicek...I think I remember you from my Director > days, so long ago. > > That's me. And I remember that you were a bit belligerent then too ;) > > Danny > > _______________________________________________ > 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
