Thanks to everyone for the help on the print problem. I will try out your suggestions though I have as a temporary measure just written the text to a text file and immediately opened it. That way it can then be printed using the default print functionality of the text editing app.
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony DeBonis Sent: 03 December 2007 17:42 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SPAM] [flexcoders] Re: Printing a large string over multiple pages Here is some code we use to slice up a long list and print on X# of pages. You should be able to do somethink like this... Hope the code gets formated ok // Add 2nd page displaying names of selected organizations var selectedOrgList:List = new List(); selectedOrgList.setActualSize(printJob.pageHeight, printJob.pageWidth); selectedOrgList.setStyle("fontSize","8"); //selectedOrgList.dataProvider = orgList.selectedItems; var facilitiesPerPage:int = RECORDS_PER_PAGE; if (printJob.pageHeight < printJob.pageWidth) { //height is less than width so we are in landscape mode and can't fit as many records per page facilitiesPerPage = LS_RECORDS_PER_PAGE; } selectedOrgList.rowCount = facilitiesPerPage; var pageCount:int = Math.ceil(orgList.selectedItems.length / facilitiesPerPage) ; var printFacilityViewHolder:Array = new Array(); chartTitle = chartTitle + "\nFacility List"; var sortedOrgs:Array = orgList.selectedItems; sortedOrgs.sortOn("name"); for (var loopCtr:int = 0; loopCtr < pageCount; loopCtr++) { var pfv:PrintFacilityView = new PrintFacilityView(); addChild(pfv); pfv.setDimensions(printJob.pageHeight, printJob.pageWidth); var startIndex:int = facilitiesPerPage * loopCtr; var endIndex:int = facilitiesPerPage * (loopCtr + 1); var pagedOrgList:Array = sortedOrgs.slice(startIndex, endIndex); selectedOrgList.styleName = "facilityListStyle"; selectedOrgList.dataProvider = pagedOrgList; selectedOrgList.labelField = "name"; pfv.facilityListView.addChild(selectedOrgList); pfv.setChartTitle(chartTitle + " (" + (loopCtr + 1) + " of " + pageCount + ")"); printFacilityViewHolder[loopCtr] = pfv; printJob.addObject(pfv, FlexPrintJobScaleType.MATCH_WIDTH); } //And send the job to the printer. printJob.send(); //make the print view invisible then remove it printView.visible = false; //ATD 10/23/2006 changed to call removeChild from printView.facilityListView not printView.... for (loopCtr = 0; loopCtr < pageCount; loopCtr++) { removeChild(printFacilityViewHolder[loopCtr]); } removeChild(printView); //selectedOrgList.visible = false; //restore the regionChartStack to its original condition restoreStack(chartSwitch, stackSelected);