TechNote (Archived)

Very small print area when printing from projector

Issue

When calling a print command from a Flash standalone projector that has its allowscale property set to false, the printed area of the pages will be about 1 inch by 1 inch square.

Reason

This is a known issue that occurs due to a conflict between theallowscale and print commands.

Solution

Use ActionScript to temporarily set the allowscale property to TRUE before issuing the print command and then set allowscale back to FALSE. Attach the following ActionScript to the button being used to print the Flash material.

 on (release) {   fscommand ("allowscale", "true");   print (0, "bmovie"); //   fscommand ("allowscale", "false"); }

The script first uses the fscommand action to setallowscale to TRUE. The print command is then called, thus making the Flash movie print at the expected size. Finally, allowscale is set back to FALSE, its original value.