FAT - Flash Printer Tutorial

Getting Started:

To install the downloaded FAT - mxp file you need Macromedia Extension Manager. Download it for free from www.adobe.com. Macromedia Extension Manager is also a part of the Flash distribution or other Adobe products. Open the mxp file with Macromedia Extension Manager, select the product in which you want to install the extension (Flash MX, Flash MX 2004, Dreamweaver) from the drop down menu then click "install new extension", browse to the FAT - 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 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’

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