Print a certificate from Flash

[Bruce]

Hey Corey I knew that would grab your eye! LOL You told me in another post that Flash could do the job, well I got the print part down but how do I get the information ( %UserName%, %Date% e.t.c.) Into my Flash project or I should say, onto the cert.? In other words, what Actions do I use? Do I use the Text tool and attach those Actions to it? Man I can't wait for your CD.

[Corey]

Re: Print a certificate from Flash

As for the CD, I'm picking up my new system today. YAYAY!!! so it won't be long. (2.5 Gig Intel4 with 1 Gig of RAM and an 80G HD yippee)

As to the other, there's a couple ways. I would use the Flash Object > Set Variable action personally. Let me see if I can dig up the old example I made of this...

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Corey]

Re: Print a certificate from Flash

OK I have a sample project complete with flash source file for you, I just emailed it to the email addy in your profile. It's all very, very simple and very easy to understand. The Flash movie consists of a single text field, one line of actionscript, one button and one frame label. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]


Oh yeah, just one thing. This is set to print as vectors so it'll be sharp, etc. But if you plan to use a bitmap as a background then you need to set it up using a printasBitmap action instead of the existing print action but then you'll sacrifice a bit of sharpness. The very best thing is to make sure your certificate's background is vectors. If files size isn't a crucial issue you can always use Flash's Trace Bitmap function to accurately convert your bitmap background to a vector shape, that works great...

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Bruce]

Re: Print a certificate from Flash

Thanks Corey! I'll give it a try.