I agree. If you need anything beyond the very basics you will be far better off generating printable reports on the server side. In the past fewonths I have done this for two different projects with great results. On the first I used the open source itext library to generate PDF reports. On the other I generated open XML for a client that wanted to ne able to "touch up" the results. Both solutions were simple and flexible.
hthScott > Yeah... nice. It does not support such complex structures as 2 grids > one after another, or large text area etc. > > When I hear "easy/nice printing in Flex" I become nervous (after I > killed so many days of my life trying to get it "nicely printed") > > > PS FlexReport (http://flexreport.riaforge.org/) is a good attempt to > overcome these issues and I wonder why it is still not in the SDK (or > at least something from it). > > Dmitri. > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Chad Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> In the component explorer I discovered a really nice example of > printing. >> >> http://examples.adobe.com/flex3/componentexplorer/explorer.html >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of coolz22in >> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:35 AM >> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: [flexcoders] How do I print in Flex? >> >> Hi, >> I want to print some data obtained from data grid & text input from >> flex. How can I print data which i wanted in flex? What are the API's >> available for printing? >> >> Thanks. >> >> ~ Sundar ~ >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> Flexcoders Mailing List >> FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >> Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links >> > > >
