Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions to tackle this printing issue?
I hope my explanation was clear enough.
Thank you for reading.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "handitan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have been trying to solve this issue for days but still couldn't
> find the right solution.
>
> I am going to make as simple as I can about the issue.
> Here's the situation:
> I have this DataGrid
> <mx:DataGrid id="myDataGrid" width="100%" height="100%">
> <mx:columns>
> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="FirstName" dataField="fName"
> itemRenderer="Renderer.NameRenderer"/>
> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="LastName" dataField="lName"
> itemRenderer="Renderer.NameRenderer"/>
> </mx:columns>
> </mx:DataGrid>
> ===========================================
> Now here's the NameRenderer's definition:
> <mx:HBox width="100%" horizontalAlign="left" verticalAlign="middle">
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> override public function set data(value:Object):void {
> super.data = value;
>
> if (value != null)
> {
> myLabel.text = value;
> }
>
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
> <!-- Remember the font size please. It relates to the issue-
->
> <mx:Label id="myLabel" fontSize="14">
>
> </mx:HBox>
> ==================================================
>
> Now, the grid displays fine in my flex app. Then I added a
> functionality to be able to print the grid using almost exactly the
> same like in this example:
>
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/mx/printing/PrintDataGrid.htm
> l#includeExamplesSummary
> with the following exceptions:
> - My FormPrintView doesn't have the all of the <mx:columns> stuffs
in
> PrintDataGrid.
> - Inside my doPrint() (this is in PrintDataGridExample section)
under
> thePrintView.myDataGrid.dataProvider = myDataGrid.dataProvider
> statement, I add this:
> thePrintView.myDataGrid.columns = myDataGrid.columns;
> ==================================================
> Now when I print it out, everything is working fine and dandy (good
> job Flex team!).
>
> Then one day, I was told to do a "bit" change. The Printouts need
to
> be in font-size 8 instead of 14. The grid looks great on the web
> using font-size 14 but when it is being printed out, it needs to be
> in font-size 8.
>
> So my question is how do you do that?
> Just to let you know, these were the things that I try:
> - In my FormPrintView, I added this attribute 'fontSize="8"'. I
> thought that this will take care the problem but it didn't. It
wasn't
> overriding myLabel's fontSize.
> - Then I do another way using Bindable strategy, this is what I did:
> == Create a global variable to store the font size.
> <GlobalFont.as>
> package myGlobals
> {
> [Bindable]
> public class GlobalFont
> {
> public static const DEFAULT_SIZE:int = 14;
> public static const PRINT_SIZE:int = 8;
> public static var myFontSize:int = DEFAULT_SIZE;
> }
> }
>
> ==Then in NameRenderer, I change myLabel to be like this:
> <mx:Label id="myLabel" fontSize="{GlobalFont.myFontSize}">
>
> ==Then on my doPrint(), I add this before I assign the dataProvider
> and columns to thePrintView.myDataGrid:
> GlobalFont.myFontSize = GlobalFont.PRINT_SIZE
>
> ==Then I do the print.
> Result: It prints out with the font-size 8 :) But the Flex app will
> show all my grid's column content to be shifted off the column
after
> I scroll the grid up/down (you have to have large data that will
have
> the vertical scroll bar to appear). You can fix the display again
but
> clicking the column's header.
>
> Again I call all Flex Masters to share your wisdom in this matter.
> I have been given a deadline to fix this by early next week. So all
> ideas/suggestions/anything will help.
>
> Thank you!
>
