printAsBitmap()

Availability

Flash Player 4.20.

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 object entry.

Usage

printAsBitmap(target, "Bounding box")

Parameters

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 specific frames in the movie, attach a #P frame label to those frames.

Bounding box A modifier that sets the print area of the movie. Enclose this parameter in quotes. You can choose one of the following parameters:

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Action; prints the target movie clip as a bitmap. Use the printAsBitmap action 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.

If your movie does not contain alpha transparencies or color effects, it is recommended that you use print() 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 parameters.

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.

See also

print(), printAsBitmapNum(), PrintJob object, printNum()