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printAsBitmapNum()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
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
printAsBitmapNum(level:Number, "Bounding box":String) : Void
Parameters
level
The level in Flash Player to print. By default, all the frames in the level print. If you want
to print specific frames in the level, assign 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 the 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 you want each
object to fill the printed page.
Returns
None.
Description
Function; prints a level in Flash Player as a bitmap according to the boundaries specified in the
parameter (
bmovie, bmax, or bframe). Use printAsBitmapNum() to print movie clips that
contain frames with objects that use transparency or color effects. The
printAsBitmapNum()
action prints at the highest available resolution of the printer in order to maintain the highest
possible definition and quality. To calculate the printable file size of a frame designated to be
printed as a bitmap, multiply pixel width by pixel height by printer resolution.
If your movie clip does not contain alpha transparencies or color effects, using
printNum() will
give you 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’s Stage size.)
All the printable elements in a movie clip must be fully loaded before printing can start.
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ActionScript Language Reference