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printAsBitmapSyntax
printAsBitmap(target
, "bmovie
"); printAsBitmap(target
, "bmax
"); printAsBitmap(target
, "bframe
");
Arguments
target
The instance name of movie clip to print. By default, all of the frames in the movie are printed. If you want to print only specific frames in the movie, designate frames for printing by attaching a #P
frame label to those frames in the authoring environment.
bmovie
Designates the bounding box of a specific frame in a movie as the print area for all printable frames in the movie. Attach a #b
label (in the authoring environment) to designate the frame whose bounding box you want to use as the print area.
bmax
Designates a composite of all of the bounding boxes, of all the printable frames, as the print area. Specify the bmax
argument when the printable frames in your movie vary in size.
bframe
Designates that the bounding box of each printable frame 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.
Description
Action; prints the target
movie clip as a bitmap. Use printAsBitmap
to print movies 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. To calculate the printable file size of a frame designated to print as a bitmap, multiply pixel width by pixel height by printer resolution.
If your movie does not contain alpha transparencies or color effects, it is recommended that you use the print
action for better quality results.
By default, the print area is determined by the Stage size of the loaded movie. The movie does not inherit the main movie's Stage size. You can control the print area by specifying the bmovie
, bmax
, or bframe
arguments.
All of the printable elements in a movie must be fully loaded before printing can begin.
The Flash Player printing feature supports PostScript and non-PostScript printers. Non-PostScript printers convert vectors to bitmaps.
Player
Flash 5 or later.
See also
print