printing a long list

[mitchgrrt-2]

I want to use FlexPrintJob to print a long List.  For example, the List
contains 100 items, and only 10 fit on the screen at a time.  In the GUI
you can use the scrollbar to view the first 10, then the next 10, and so
on.

When I add the List to the FlexPrintJob and then print it, only the
items that are currently visible on the screen are printed.  So
depending on the scroll position I can print items 1..10, or 2..11, or
11..20, etc.  What I want is to print the whole list on however many
pages it will take.

There's an Adobe article:

Multiple page printing
<http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=20_Printing_6.h\
tml>

but it's about printing more than one item, not about printing a long
item that takes more than one page.

Does anyone know how to print a long list or table or similar data
structure including all the areas not currently in view with the
scrollbars?  Thanks.

[Chris Downey]

Hi.  I just responded to another printing question in more detail so I'll
keep this brief and just share what I'd consider doing.  Does it make sense
for your system to generate a PDF and let the user print it?  If so, check
out AlivePDF; my project has had really good results with it.

Chris


On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:44 AM, mitchgrrt <mitch_gart@...> wrote:

>
>
> I want to use FlexPrintJob to print a long List.  For example, the List
> contains 100 items, and only 10 fit on the screen at a time.  In the GUI you
> can use the scrollbar to view the first 10, then the next 10, and so on.
>
> When I add the List to the FlexPrintJob and then print it, only the items
> that are currently visible on the screen are printed.  So depending on the
> scroll position I can print items 1..10, or 2..11, or 11..20, etc.  What I
> want is to print the whole list on however many pages it will take.
>
> There's an Adobe article:
>
> Multiple page printing<http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=20_Printing_6.html>
>
> but it's about printing more than one item, not about printing a long item
> that takes more than one page.
>
> Does anyone know how to print a long list or table or similar data
> structure including all the areas not currently in view with the
> scrollbars?  Thanks.
>

--
Chris Downey
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http://www.vaccine-tlc.org/
http://www.chrisdowney.name

[Alex Harui]

Create a print view w/o scrollbars.  That's essentially how PrintDataGrid does it.

Alex Harui
Flex SDK Developer
Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

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Subject: [flexcoders] printing a long list



I want to use FlexPrintJob to print a long List.  For example, the List contains 100 items, and only 10 fit on the screen at a time.  In the GUI you can use the scrollbar to view the first 10, then the next 10, and so on.

When I add the List to the FlexPrintJob and then print it, only the items that are currently visible on the screen are printed.  So depending on the scroll position I can print items 1..10, or 2..11, or 11..20, etc.  What I want is to print the whole list on however many pages it will take.

There's an Adobe article:

Multiple page printing<http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=20_Printing_6.html>

but it's about printing more than one item, not about printing a long item that takes more than one page.

Does anyone know how to print a long list or table or similar data structure including all the areas not currently in view with the scrollbars?  Thanks.