I'm surprised you aren't getting an error or warning in the console. I think the use of callLater doesn't work during a printjob and the job might eventually timeout (see Flash Player's printing classes for timeout limits). Usually, all external data needs to be pre-loaded and the whole print page needs to have some validateNow call and send() right in the loop. You can't put things off. It is actually a bug in FP that you can't defer work. I'm hoping they'll fix it someday, but it didn't make FP10.
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of donvoltz Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:36 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Printing Problems Would anyone be able to tell me why the following code creates a blank page. I am using Flex 3 on Mac OS 10.5 I am able to add the custom printing compoent to the application, the print dialog opens and it looks to be processing the print, however, I am left with 2 blank pages when it is done. In addition, it crashes Firefox when the print job is complete. I have added some of the ideas presented in this group, however, can not seem to find any additional information on the web about this problem. Has anyone overcome the issue. The function I am using to print is as follows private function printDailyManpowerList(event:MouseEvent):void { var printJob:FlexPrintJob = new FlexPrintJob(); //create flex print job if (printJob.start() != true){ return; } var dailyPrint:DailyManpowerListPrintView = new DailyManpowerListPrintView(); //create new print component this.parentApplication.addChild(dailyPrint); printJob.addObject(dailyPrint); callLater(printJob.send); //start print this.parentApplication.removeChild(dailyPrint);//remove component from container } The code for the DailyManpowerListPrintView is <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:VBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; xmlns:views="com.dynamicmedicalventures.De2ORApplication.views.*" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF" width="500" height="900"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import com.dynamicmedicalventures.De2ORApplication.vo.CoordinatorMessageVO; import com.dynamicmedicalventures.De2ORApplication.model.AppModelLocator; import com.dynamicmedicalventures.De2ORApplication.factories.UtilityFunctions; import mx.events.CloseEvent; import mx.managers.PopUpManager; [Bindable] private var modelLocator:AppModelLocator = AppModelLocator.getInstance(); [Bindable] public var messageDetails:CoordinatorMessageVO; ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Label id="printTitle" text="Daily Manpower List for {UtilityFunctions.formatDateDisplay(modelLocator.selectedDate)}"/> <views:UserListPrint id="dailyUsers" initialUserList="{modelLocator.dailyUserList}" width="100%" height="50%" /> </mx:VBox> Thanks for any help Don
