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printAsBitmapNum

printasbitmapnum, print as bitmap number

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

    printAsBitmapNum(level)
    printAsBitmapNum(level, "Bounding box")

Parameters

`level` The level in the Flash Player to print. By default, all of 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. This parameter is required. You can choose one of the following parameters:

| `bmovie` Designates the bounding box of a specific frame in a movie as the print area for all printable frames in the movie. 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 of the bounding boxes of all the printable frames as the print area. Specify the `bmax` parameter 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.

Returns

None.

Description

Action; prints a level in the Flash Player as a bitmap. Use the `printAsBitmapNum` action to print movies 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 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 `printNum` 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` 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`, `printAsBitmap`, `printNum`