FlashActionTools - flash printer actionscript component

FAT - Flash CS3 Printer Tutorial

Getting Started:

To install the downloaded FAT - mxp file you need Macromedia Extension Manager. Download it for free from www.adobe.com. Open the mxp file with Macromedia Extension Manager, then selecet "Install extension" from File drop down menu, browse to the FAT CS3 - mxp file and click "install". Then follow the installer instructions I.E. "next", "accept" etc. Now the extension will be installed and displayed in Extension Manager list. Click on the installed extension to see details about its usage.

How to use the FAT –Flash CS3 Printer utility:

Step 1. From the components panel expand the FlashActionTools node and drag the ‘Flash Printer’onto the stage. Select the margin properties using the ‘Properties’panel and set the instance name for the component.

Step 2. Add a ‘TextArea’and a ‘Button’to the stage and set an instance name

Step 3. Associate a function to the Button ‘onRelease’event to run the FlashPrinter.printText method with the text from the ‘TextArea’

Default value for system font is Verdana and for Font Size 12pt. Page width value gets automatically from your printer by default.

Step 5. Add footers and headers.
a) To add footer or header to your print pages you need to insert new symbol into library with MovieClip type.

b) Assign then appropriate name to the new symbol.

c) Make you header/footer symbol accessible for ActionScript.

d) Assign header/footer in Flash Printer initialization. Use the same name as you assigned as class name in (c) for Class name.

If you do not want to use header/footer then delete or comment appropriate line in Flash Printer CS3 initialization.

Step 6. Add footers and headers on certain pages.

If you want to put header/footer on certain page(s) use SetHeaderOnPages and SetFooterOnPages initialization methods. Define pages you want to be printed with header or/and footer with ',' delimited list.

Step 7.You can customize pagination with paginationStartsFromPage intialization method.

a) Pagination starts from this page.

b) Defines whether the pagination start from the 1 (true) or from the current page number.

c) Pagination labels font size.

d) Pagination labels color.

Step 4. That’s already it! Compile and Run & you are done! Check out our Demo on this site at Flash Printer Demo.