Getting SWF to print?

[doopa]

Ok, here's the deal.
Html site with a few swfs in it. When you print the site - the swf's don't print of course, but they need to.
Ok so, is there a code to place in the html that would somehow tell the page to print (an alternate) gif - sort of like how you make the gif show without a plugin in place of the swf:

else {

Â*Â*Â*//...write out the following <IMG> tag into the document. The image need
Â*Â*Â*//not be the same size as the Flash Player movie, but it may help you lay out the
Â*Â*Â*//page if you can predict the size of the object reliably.
Â*Â*Â*document.write('blah.gif');
}

//Done hiding from old browsers. -->
</SCRIPT>

[Ninjavenom]

You could also try downloading the whole page and try to convert the swfs to gifs, or screenshot them or something.

[ziggytrix]

I'm not aware of any way to achieve that effect without actually giving the user a link to a "printer-friendly" version of the page. :(

[CosmoToad]

"printer-friendly":(


Why printer friendly, can printers be harmed. Well I guess jaking off might break it.

[Guitar Woman]

Cosmo toad you're such a Jake off :lol

[executioneer]

sweet lord that was lame, what is this seinfeld :rolleyes

[executioneer]

Hey i know we can pertend that the printer is the sopu nazi "NO SOUP FOR YOU" lol

[doopa]

Ninja- yeah, but this client wants it to print from a browser window, so poop on me

I'm not aware of any way to achieve that effect without actually giving the user a link to a "printer-friendly" version of the page. :(

Yeah, that's what I thought... I asked all over and looks like theres no way. But I had to ask anyway just in case

thanks

[ziggytrix]

and if you're handy with CSS, making the printer-friendly version doesn't have to mean doing everything twice.

check:
http://webdesign.about.com/cs/css/a/aa042103a.htm
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/
etc.

[doopa]

and if you're handy with CSS, making the printer-friendly version doesn't have to mean doing everything twice.

check:
http://webdesign.about.com/cs/css/a/aa042103a.htm
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/
etc.

Ah thanks, that's interesting and will surely come in handy sometime.
I doubt this is going to happen with this particular client though.. long sotry. I didn't make the site I'm just making some changes to it. Whoever built it was unnecessarily Flash happy.
I might present this as an option, but I'm doubting they'll go for it.

Thanks again :themoreyouknow

[mozz]

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