Hi Glen,
This is quite similar to what we did. We first created a BitmapData of the
scene and then printed that. Even posted about it :-)
http://techblog.floorplanner.com/2008/10/22/printing-and-big-bitmaps/ But it
feels like there should be an easier way...
Gert-Jan
2008/10/25 Glen Pike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hi,
>
> Here is some AS2 code that I wrote to do this - the _toPrint is a
> MovieClip containing lots of stuff with filters on. There is scaling too -
> depending on whether the user has chosen portrait or landscape - for later
> AS3 code, I worked out the orientation and rotated the printed image - not
> bitmapped though...
> The whole lot is rendered to a Bitmap, then printed.
>
> Hope this helps. I may even get round to blogging it one day :)
>
> Glen
>
> private function _print():Void {
> //start a print job with the _toPrint...
> // create PrintJob object
> var my_pj:PrintJob = new PrintJob();
>
> // display print dialog box, but only initiate the print job
> // if start returns successfully.
> if (my_pj.start()) {
> // use a variable to track successful calls to addPage
> var pagesToPrint:Number = 0;
> //we need to scale the object too!
> var h:Number = my_pj.pageHeight;
> var w:Number = my_pj.pageWidth;
> var xs = w / _toPrint._width;
> var ys = h / _toPrint._height;
> trace("page dimensions " + w + ", " + h + " scale " + xs + ", " +
> ys + " to print " + _toPrint._xscale + ", " + _toPrint._yscale );
> var _printWidth:Number;
> var _printHeight:Number;
> var scale:Number = (xs < ys) ? xs : ys;
> if (xs < ys) {
> _printWidth = Math.floor(xs * _toPrint._width);
> _printHeight = Math.floor(xs * _toPrint._height);
> } else {
> _printWidth = Math.floor(ys * _toPrint._width);
> _printHeight = Math.floor(ys * _toPrint._height);
> }
> trace("to print " + _toPrint._xscale + ", " + _toPrint._yscale +
> " = " + _toPrint._width + ", " + _toPrint._height);
> // add specified area to print job
> //now do our bitmap thingy..
> var printedImg:MovieClip =
> this.createEmptyMovieClip("printedImg", this.getNextHighestDepth());
> printedImg.beginFill(0xffffff, 1);
> printedImg.moveTo(0, 0);
> printedImg.lineTo(my_pj.pageWidth, 0);
> printedImg.lineTo(my_pj.pageWidth, my_pj.pageHeight);
> printedImg.lineTo(0, my_pj.pageHeight);
> printedImg.lineTo(0, 0);
> printedImg.endFill();
> var printBmp:BitmapData = new BitmapData(my_pj.pageWidth,
> my_pj.pageHeight, false, 0xffffff);
> printedImg.attachBitmap(printBmp, 1);
> var mtx:Matrix = new Matrix();
> mtx.scale(scale, scale);
> printBmp.draw(_toPrint, mtx);
> // repeat once for each page to be printed
> if (my_pj.addPage(printedImg, null, {printAsBitmap:true})) {
> pagesToPrint++;
> }
> _toPrint._xscale = _toPrint._yscale = 100;
> if (pagesToPrint > 0) {
> my_pj.send(); // print page(s)
> }
> printBmp.dispose();
> delete printBmp;
> printedImg.unloadMovie();
>
> }
>
> }
>
> Gert-Jan van der Wel wrote:
>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> Yeah we tried the printAsBitmap option, but it didn't make much of a
>> difference. We're now looking at creating a BitmapData and printing that.
>> Maybe that works.
>>
>> Gert-Jan
>>
>>
>> Op 24 okt 2008, om 15:17 heeft Jim McIntyre het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> Gert-Jan van der Wel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>> We use filters (shadows and glows) to make the scene look better. At
>>>> some point a user can print what they've created, but the print shows no
>>>> filters. Is there an easy way to get the filters on the print?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Have you tried printAsBitmap? I found that was the only way to get some
>>> stuff to print the same way it was displayed, even when filters weren't
>>> involved (like some hand-drawn shadows using transparent fills).
>>>
>>> My project was written in AS2; I don't know whether the implications are
>>> different for code running in AVM2.
>>>
>>> (code simplified from my app, untested)
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> private function printPoster():Void {
>>> var posterPrintJob:PrintJob = new PrintJob();
>>> if (posterPrintJob.start()) {
>>> var pgsQueued:Number = 0;
>>> this.printPg._visible = true; //printPg is the MovieClip to print
>>> var printArea:Object = {xMin:0, xMax:printPg._width, yMin:0,
>>> yMax:printPg._height};
>>> var printOptions:Object = {printAsBitmap:true};
>>> if (posterPrintJob.addPage('printPg', printArea, printOptions)) {
>>> pgsQueued++;
>>> }
>>> if (pgsQueued) {
>>> posterPrintJob.send();
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
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