HELP ! Print Job()

1

Hi

I am facing one problem with Print Job Object. When I create a Print Job Object and try to trace its value on .start() in the output window its shows undefined:

my_pj = new Print Job()

trace(my_pj.start()) // here …output window shows…UNDEFINED
if(my_pj.start()){
…
…
}

Now if I copy the same script into a new movie it works fine, but in my MC where I have my print button, where i need to create this printob(). And another thing is I have not used or created Print Job() anywhere in my Movie and not used the same name (my_pj) also.

Can anyone help me out with it…Thanx

Ashish

2

It looks like you are creating the PrintJob instance and calling its method on separate frames. This is a known limitation of the PrintJob class. Here’s a technote that will explain further.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/printjob.htm

3

Hey Thanx for your reply first.

I did checked the Link attached, but this is not the case, anyways.
Could u just clear me out few things i will be greatful to u…

I have a MC in which i am loading data from XML and there around 10-50 dynamic textfields gets created per page. There is pagination also in the Movie which displays next set of records

Now i want to get them all printed at one command with the help of Print Job(). What i am trying right now is creating MCs at run time and attaching them to an EmptyMC and finally printing EmptyMC. But i am getting the same set of record printed again and again. Any suggession on this…while tracing the output i can see my pointer moving correcly from one set to another…

Thanx 1s again
Ash

4

Try seeing if the EmptyMc is getting the contents that you want to print correctly. If it offstage move it inside the visible area and test. That’s all i can suggest right now. If you post your code, it might help a bit more…

5

Hi

Here is the code what i am using for getting Muliple Print to work but it doesnt :sigh:

I have two buttons in one button i am calling duplicatePages() function and on another i am calling printingPages(). In the following example i have 26 records which i can show 13 per page. So i should create 2 MCs dynamically each with 13 records ( 0 - 12 and 13-26). I have 4 columns in one row.
say (name, address, age, sex);
I have kept those 2 buttons inside the Main MC along with these funnctions

function duplicatePages(){
st=0 ;
ed= 13
z=13;
for(i=0; i<2; i++){ //to create 2 MCs
m=0;
// att1 is the identifier to the MC in Library where i am loading the XML
// This MC is attached on the the stage (script for this is their on the stage)

	_root.EmptyMC.attachMovie("att1", "prints"+i, i+5555);
	myPage = eval("_root.EmptyMC.prints"+i);
	trace("

myPage : " + myPage);
myPage._x = 5;
myPage._y = 5;

                      for(j=st; j&lt;ed; j++){
		for(k=0; k&lt;4; k++){

myPage.myText = eval("data"+m)

// here data is the name given to the (13x4)dynamic textfields created
// inside the main MC which is in Library
myPage.myText.html = true;
myPage.myText.htmlText = pName[j][k]; //array obj with all data
trace("
myPage.myText
" + myPage.myText.htmlText)

m++;
     }
  }
st+=z;
        ed+=z;
 }

}

// Printing Function

function printPages(){
trace("
__________ PRINTING ________
“)
my_pj = new PrintJob();
if(my_pj.start()){
for(i=0; i<2; i++){
myPrintPage = eval(”_root.EmptyMC.prints"+i);
myPrintPage._x=5;
myPrintPage._y=5;
my_pj.addPage(myPrintPage);
trace("
myPrintPage "+myPrintPage)
}
}
my_pj.send();
delete my_pj();
}

2 pages are getting printed but they are BLANK. And in Output window i can see the things properly executed. Any doubts pls let me know…

Thanx for ur concern…

Ashish

6

The code looks correct to me. You can try making my_pj a local var of the printPages function. Also, The print object in flash is synchronous so unless you have a special need to know if the user clicked the selected print or not, i would avoid the start method. Once the printing is done the next action gets control anyway.

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Hi friend,

I didnt get u 100%. If I do not use start method then what else option I have left with, I have also tried printing ,…this way

print(_root.EmptyMC, “bframe”)

But this is printing only one page ie the first set. Could you to be littile brief on what you want to say.

Thanx again for ur concern.

Ashish Chandras

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I wasn’t suggesting to not use the start method. Rather that the conditional might be the problem since you said the start method is returning undefined instead of true/false for you. Other than your code looks fine to me.

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Ok Fine,

But I am getting true returned (on trace) for start method. That is its working fine. Anyways…thanx for your help…I am really exhausted now.
One question again. See… I have few frames in my Main MC in whcih i am loading XML File.

1st - Loading XML File;
2nd - Play (if takes time to load.just looping it)
3rd - Parsing XML File and calling a my main function where i am getting all the data stored in diff array objects
4th - Displating records …here creating textfields and just filling it up with data
5th - Incemening variblaes clicking on Next Button, whcih refreshes the data with new set of records
6th- Decementing varbilaes…on Back Button.

Thats…it…now what is my question when i create Multiple (MCs) of this Main MC in Library…would that XML file go loaded each time.
Practically…I am not bothered about XML getting loaded or not…since in the output window i can see data is getting displayed properly…in diff MC…

Still thax…again…if u get rid of this or get any hint on this problem …pls let me know …

Thanx…dude…
Ashish