Comments on: Custom Printing with Flex, Part 3: Printing Data http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/ The Dead Tree Blog Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:25:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kalen Gibbons http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-7459 Kalen Gibbons Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:13:55 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-7459 Hi Manimaran, I'm sure you could do it with JSP, just like any other server language, however, I don't know a bit about JSP so I can't help you out much there. Sorry. Hi Manimaran,
I’m sure you could do it with JSP, just like any other server language, however, I don’t know a bit about JSP so I can’t help you out much there. Sorry.

]]> By: Manimaran http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-7447 Manimaran Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:10:47 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-7447 Hi Kalen Gibbons, Thanks a lot for this nice article. Can i use jsp code instead of coldfusion, if yes , can you please guide me how to proceed . I need to print all the items in the datagrid , so it is very clear that i need to send the dataprovider of the datagrid(arraycollection object) , only thing is i need to use jsp , please let me know if you could help me. regards, Manimaran. Hi Kalen Gibbons,

Thanks a lot for this nice article. Can i use jsp code instead of coldfusion, if yes , can you please guide me how to proceed . I need to print all the items in the datagrid , so it is very clear that i need to send the dataprovider of the datagrid(arraycollection object) , only thing is i need to use jsp , please let me know if you could help me.

regards,
Manimaran.

]]> By: Kalen Gibbons http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-6816 Kalen Gibbons Wed, 26 May 2010 20:07:38 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-6816 Kunsang, No, as far as I know, there is no way to skip the PDF generation process and push directly to the printer. Kunsang,
No, as far as I know, there is no way to skip the PDF generation process and push directly to the printer.

]]> By: Kunsang http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-6731 Kunsang Fri, 21 May 2010 02:40:57 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-6731 How to send the pdf created in local to printer from AIR-Flex without having to open it? Or is there a someway to sent AlivePDF's pdf object directly to printer? How to send the pdf created in local to printer from AIR-Flex without having to open it? Or is there a someway to sent AlivePDF’s pdf object directly to printer?

]]> By: Kalen Gibbons http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-6423 Kalen Gibbons Thu, 06 May 2010 04:34:08 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-6423 Sorry Jerome, I don't have a good answer for you. That's one of those things you just have to play with to determine what your best option is. Sorry Jerome, I don’t have a good answer for you. That’s one of those things you just have to play with to determine what your best option is.

]]> By: jerome roberts http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-6389 jerome roberts Tue, 04 May 2010 16:59:58 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-6389 First let me thank you for your examples and explanations. They are very good. But, of course, in the real world things just don't always fit horizontally on one page. How does one handle the situation when there are more columns (which require a horizontal scroll bar in a flex application) that will fit on one page. I have the situation where the sum of the width of the columns exceed the width of landscape oriented page? First let me thank you for your examples and explanations. They are very good. But, of course, in the real world things just don’t always fit horizontally on one page. How does one handle the situation when there are more columns (which require a horizontal scroll bar in a flex application) that will fit on one page. I have the situation where the sum of the width of the columns exceed the width of landscape oriented page?

]]> By: Kalen Gibbons http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-5293 Kalen Gibbons Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:43:05 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-5293 Hi Abhishek, AlivePDF basically creates an image of what it sees, so if the user can't see it - AlivePDF can't see it - so it cannot print it. So you have two basic options: 1. You can create a "print" version of the TileList that is big enough to show all the items in the list. You can create the print TileList at runtime when it's need to print and quickly remove it after the print it complete. This can usually happen so quickly that the user is unaware of the change. This is the same technique that is often used with the PrintDataGrid class. Check out the example at the end for more info: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/printing/PrintDataGrid.html 2. You could pass the TileList's dataProvider to a server-side script that can duplicate the layout and print it from the server. Hi Abhishek,
AlivePDF basically creates an image of what it sees, so if the user can’t see it – AlivePDF can’t see it – so it cannot print it. So you have two basic options:

1. You can create a “print” version of the TileList that is big enough to show all the items in the list. You can create the print TileList at runtime when it’s need to print and quickly remove it after the print it complete. This can usually happen so quickly that the user is unaware of the change. This is the same technique that is often used with the PrintDataGrid class. Check out the example at the end for more info:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/printing/PrintDataGrid.html

2. You could pass the TileList’s dataProvider to a server-side script that can duplicate the layout and print it from the server.

]]> By: abhishek http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-5281 abhishek Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:34:41 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-5281 can we print all images which i'm showing in tilelist ? Currently only visible images r printed , i want to pring all images whithout scrolling. :) can we print all images which i’m showing in tilelist ?
Currently only visible images r printed , i want to pring all images whithout scrolling.
:)

]]> By: Kalen Gibbons http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-5042 Kalen Gibbons Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:35:01 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-5042 @Alan, It looks like you are trying to NumberFormat() a telephone number. But a telephone number isn't typically a valid number, it's a string with dashes (-) or dots(.). So you can't use the NumberFormat() method on it. @Alan,
It looks like you are trying to NumberFormat() a telephone number. But a telephone number isn’t typically a valid number, it’s a string with dashes (-) or dots(.). So you can’t use the NumberFormat() method on it.

]]> By: Alan Martin http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/custom-printing-with-flex-part-3-printing-data/comment-page-1/#comment-5039 Alan Martin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:24:23 +0000 http://www.kalengibbons.com/blog/?p=254#comment-5039 The code is working great in my windowed program. I am having an issue if I use #NumberFormat(arguments.dataToPrint[i].phone, "999.99")# instead of #arguments.dataToPrint[i].phone# in the printdata.cfc. It will throw an error. Can you help please. The code is working great in my windowed program. I am having an issue if I use #NumberFormat(arguments.dataToPrint[i].phone, “999.99″)#
instead of #arguments.dataToPrint[i].phone# in the printdata.cfc. It will throw an error. Can you help please.

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