topic Re: Print Widget - Export Map and Print to Hard Copy? in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions

Print Widget - Export Map and Print to Hard Copy?

TimHayes — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:52:46 GMT

I have Flex 3.0. I set up the Print Widget to export map to PDF and various other image formats. Is it possible to still use the same widget to print to hard copy AND export map? what are the tags/parameters I need to use?

I want to give my users the choice to export the map and/or print the map directly without exporting.

Yes, they could still export the map and then print from the image that was exported, but I want to eliminate this extra step. The other option is to have them print the map using File-Print in Internet Explorer. I would prefer they just use the Print Icon inside the Flex GUI for all their printing needs (digital and hard copy)

Re: Print Widget - Export Map and Print to Hard Copy?

ShaningYu — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:07:18 GMT

I got problem to export PDF, as reported in the thread http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/61465-Print-Unable-to-Complete-Operation. Can you export your map successuflly? Thanks.

Re: Print Widget - Export Map and Print to Hard Copy?

TimHayes — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:15:05 GMT

I got problem to export PDF, as reported in the thread http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/61465-Print-Unable-to-Complete-Operation. Can you export your map successuflly? Thanks.

No problems. We run it from a dual core server.

Re: Print Widget - Export Map and Print to Hard Copy?

BjornSvensson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:08:38 GMT

... Flex 3.0 ... Print Widget to export map to PDF and various other image formats. Is it possible to still use the same widget to print to hard copy AND export map? what are the tags/parameters I need to use?

You would have to add the Print Widget twice, with different configuration files. Or go into the source code for the Print Widget, re-write the code, then compile it.

Re: Print Widget - Export Map and Print to Hard Copy?

TimHayes — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:17:43 GMT

You would have to add the Print Widget twice, with different configuration files. Or go into the source code for the Print Widget, re-write the code, then compile it.

I added it twice. Downloaded some cool custom icons and changed the names of each widget all in the app builder! Now I have a "Print to Paper" icon and an "Export to PDF or Other Format" icon on my Widget Bar.