RE: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Michael Randolph
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sidney > de Koning > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:47 AM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer > > My god; my spelling is awfull! what i meant to say is; > > System.c

Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
sh Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer My god; my spelling is awfull! what i meant to say is; System.capabilities.hasPrinting - you can check if the user has a printer, if not you can use PDF output. Cheers, Sid

RE: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
--Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sidney de Koning Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:47 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer My god; my spelling is awfull! what i meant to say is; System.capabilities.hasPrinting

Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Sidney de Koning
My god; my spelling is awfull! what i meant to say is; System.capabilities.hasPrinting - you can check if the user has a printer, if not you can use PDF output. Cheers, Sid On Apr 15, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Sidney de Koning wrote: Hi Michael, In System.capabilities you have a couple of functi

RE: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Mendelsohn, Michael
Hi Glen... Yes, I see there's System.capabilities.hasPrinting returning a Boolean, but I'm looking for something that theoretically returns an array of printer drivers, where I could traverse through it and see if one of them is "PDF writer." - MM > Have a look at System.capabilities - if you

Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Sidney de Koning
Hi Michael, In System.capabilities you have a couple of functions you can use; playerType - for the plugin version, so no need for JS. hasPrinting - you cna chech is the use has a printer if not PDF output, is this what you need? Cheers, Sidney On Apr 15, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Mendelsohn, Mich

Re: [Flashcoders] detecting pdf writer

2008-04-15 Thread Glen Pike
Have a look at System.capabilities - if you can, it should be in there somewhere. Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi List... Is there any technique for detecting pdf writing ability from within Flash (AS2)? The closest thing I've been able to find would be to call an external jscript to detect an