Creating Printable Movies > Printing from the Flash Player > Disabling printing
Disabling printing
If you don't want any frames in the main Timeline to be printable, you label a frame as !#p to make it nonprintable. Labeling a frame as !#p
makes the entire movie nonprintable and dims the Print command in the Flash Player context menu. You can also remove the Flash Player context menu.
If you disable printing, you can still print frames using the browser Print command. Because this command is a browser feature, you cannot control or disable it using Flash.
To disable printing in the Flash Player context menu by dimming the Print command:
1 | Open or make active the movie that you want to publish. |
2 | If the Frame panel isn't visible onscreen, choose Modify > Frame. |
3 | Select the first keyframe in the main Timeline. |
4 | In the Frame panel, for Label enter !#p to specify the frame as nonprinting. |
You need to specify only one !#p label to dim the Print command in the context menu. | |
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Note: Alternatively, you can select a blank frame and label it #p to prevent printing from the Flash Player context menu.
To disable printing by removing the Flash Player context menu:
1 | Open or make active the movie that you want to publish. |
2 | Choose File > Publish Settings. |
3 | Select the HTML tab and deselect Display Menu. |
4 | Click OK. |
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For more information on publishing options, see Publishing Flash movies.