MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT, Reference Manual

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Description
Method; is used following
PrintJob.start()
and
PrintJob.addPage()
to send spooled pages
to the printer.
Example
See
PrintJob.addPage()
.
See also
PrintJob.addPage()
,
PrintJob.start()
PrintJob.start()
Availability
Flash Player 7.
Usage
my_pj .start()
Parameters
None.
Returns
A Boolean value of
true
if the user clicks OK when the print dialog boxes appear, or
false
if the
user clicks Cancel or if an error occurs.
Description
Method; displays the operating system’s print dialog boxes and starts spooling. The print dialog
boxes give the user an opportunity to change print settings, and then populate the following read-
only properties (notice that 1 point equals 1 onscreen pixel):
After the user clicks OK in the print dialog box, the player begins spooling a print job to the
operating system. You should issue any ActionScript commands that affect the printout, and then
you can begin using
PrintJob.addPage()
commands to begin sending pages to the spooler. If
you wish, use the height, width, and orientation properties this method returns to determine how
to format the printout.
Because the user sees information such as “Printing page 1” immediately after clicking OK, you
should call the
PrintJob.addPage()
and
PrintJob.send()
commands as soon as possible.
Property Type Units Notes
PrintJob.paperHeight
Number Points Overall paper height
PrintJob.paperWidth
Number Points Overall paper width
PrintJob.pageHeight
Number Points Height of actual printable area on the
page; any user-set margins are ignored
PrintJob.pageWidth Number Points Width of actual printable area on the
page; any user-set margins are ignored
PrintJob.orientation String n/a “Portrait” or “landscape”