[thelist] Printing from Flash (exe) without confirmation

Ben Joyce ben.joyce at gmail.com
Sun Oct 8 06:16:59 CDT 2006


Thanks for the reply.  We're still investigating our options.. I am
confident we'll find a solution! :)

Ben

On 10/5/06, John Dowdell <jdowdell at adobe.com> wrote:
> Ben Joyce wrote:
> > Does anyone know if it possible to print directly from a Flash
> > (compiled as an executable) without getting a print confirmation
> > dialog (in Windows) ?
>
> In the browser, no... the computer's owner has to consent to the
> printing before it will happen.
>
> But in a standalone, it depends on the standalone shell you're using, I
> think... on Windows, the Adobe Flash Player is delivered as an ActiveX
> Control, and other applications can invoke this control. It seems
> possible to do a printscreen at screen resolution (rather than Flash's
> vectors), where the Player would never know that its content was piped
> to a printer.
>
> jd
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