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printAsBitmap()
Availability
Flash Player 4 (4.0.20.0)
Note: If you are authoring for Flash Player 7 or later, you can create a PrintJob object, which gives
you (and the user) more control over the printing process. For more information, see the PrintJob
class entry.
Usage
printAsBitmap(target:Object, "Bounding box":String) : Void
Parameters
target
The instance name of the movie clip to print. By default, all the frames in the movie
clip are printed. If you want to print specific frames in the movie clip, attach a
#p frame label to
those frames.
Bounding box A modifier that sets the print area of the movie clip. Enclose this parameter in
quotation marks (" or '), and specify one of the following values:
• bmovie Designates the bounding box of a specific frame in a movie clip as the print area for
all printable frames in the movie clip. Assign a
#b frame label to the frame whose bounding box
you want to use as the print area.
• bmax Designates a composite of all the bounding boxes of all the printable frames as the print
area. Specify the
bmax parameter when the printable frames in your movie clip vary in size.
• bframe Indicates that the bounding box of each printable frame should be used as the print
area for that frame. This changes the print area for each frame and scales the objects to fit the
print area. Use
bframe if you have objects of different sizes in each frame and want each object
to fill the printed page.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Function; prints the target movie clip as a bitmap according to the boundaries specified in the
parameter (
bmovie, bmax, or bframe). Use printAsBitmap() to print movie clips that contain
frames with objects that use transparency or color effects. The
printAsBitmap() action prints at
the highest available resolution of the printer in order to maintain as much definition and quality
as possible.
If your movie clip does not contain alpha transparencies or color effects, Macromedia
recommends that you use print() for better quality results.
If you use
bmovie for the Bounding box parameter but do not assign a #b label to a frame, the
print area is determined by the Stage size of the loaded movie clip. (The loaded movie clip does
not inherit the main movie clip’s Stage size.)
All the printable elements in a movie clip must be fully loaded before printing can begin.
CHAPTER 2
ActionScript Language Reference