FLASH: Creating a print preview

[DeJarnett, Gary]

Thanks for the reply, Andrew.


Yes, I can display the preview of the movie clip just fine in the way that

you suggested, and the page is displayed at the same time the print dialog

appears.


The problem is that it is still there after the "OK" is pressed in the print

dialog, or else, if I have it disappear on its own, it just flashes on the

screen quickly and goes away.  Ideally, it should go away simultaneously

with the print dialog, but I don't think this is possible.  Right now, I

just allow the user to click on the previewed document to get rid of it, but

I may change things so it is displayed for 5 seconds, then disappears.


Thanks again for the suggestion.


Gary


ps  Sam, any progress on determining why there is such a delay on posts

being forwarded to the list?  You can see below that my message was received

by the list server on Thursday, but didn't get posted until Saturday, even

though it was plain text, with no attachments.  No big deal, but it's a

little harder to carry on a dialog when there is such a large delay.  Thanks

for taking the time to administer the list, in any case.


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>> If your print command is in a button action why not just direct the

playhead 

>> to another frame as soon as the print command is executed.  This way it 

>> prints the movie clip that is onscreen and then jumps back to a  menu or 

>>something else.  


>> Andrew

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>> In a message dated 8/12/00 10:27:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,     <----

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> a3gddtechmail [dot] admin [dot] ttu [dot] edu writes:

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>>>> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:37:00 -0500                           <----

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>>> From: "DeJarnett, Gary" <a3gddtechmail [dot] admin [dot] ttu [dot] edu>

>>>> Subject: FLASH: Creating a print preview


>>>> I am printing forms from Flash and would like to give the users a

"print

>>>> preview" whenever the print dialog appears after I issue the


>>>> "Get URL ("print:", window="/insInvoice")

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