FLASH PAPER HACK

TUESDAY, MAY 4 2004 @ 11:54 AM

I haven't seen this posted anywhere, so I thought I would share this tip with you, although I don't know how many of you use Flash Paper at all.

Anyway, here is the thing. Flash Paper is the coolest to show printable materials in-line, embedded in a web document. However you can't quite predict the zooming factor of the piece, unless you pass along an specific value. So, what I discovered is that a SWF generated with the Flash Paper printer driver actually expects data for the initial scale in the variable
//1<\/div>, and defaults to whatever it calculates appropriate for presentation if undefined.

So, if you add this to inside your object tag:

//1<\/div>

your document will be always loaded at 100% scale, regardless of the pixel size of the SWF embedded in your web page. This is particularly useful if you are using relative measurements.

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ROBERT WALCH

MAY 4 2004 @ 12:42 PM

Cool! Here's some hacks that I have found useful. If you want to use your pages for dispaly you may find it easier to output them at 72dpi. There a registery key that looks like it would let you change the setting from 300 to 72:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMacromediaFlashPaper Printer1PreferencesDevDPI

KIM CAVANAUGH

MAY 4 2004 @ 01:19 PM

Hey Oscar--

I can't seem to see the code you're referring to (Checking in both IE and Firefox).

I do use FPP and this sure would be a nice thing to know. I've noticed that the size of your viewport in Contribute or Dreamweaver determines the size of the FPP SWF that will display. Your tip explains that...

Kim

OSCAR TRELLES

MAY 4 2004 @ 01:52 PM

Oh, I'm sorry Kim... something weird happened when editing the post. It's fixed now.

Thanks :)

BULENT TURGUT

MAY 7 2006 @ 03:20 PM

Hello! I can not add Flash Paper SWF file to my page. I have created my SWF file from Word document, and tryed to add codes on my page. But page did not opened. http://www.planetburgut.net/OFFERSUPDATE/SWF-OPEN/burgutex-pulses-1.htm is my page. Please help me. What must I do? Thank you.. Best regards.

OSCAR TRELLES

MAY 7 2006 @ 04:46 PM

Apparently, it is just a "scope" matter, but in your website structure.

Your HTML code is looking for the following file: "OFFERSUPDATE/SWF/TURKISH-PULSES-BURGUTEX-1.swf". Try adding a forward slash to the begining of the URL so it starts looking at the root folder, instead of the current folder: "/OFFERSUPDATE/SWF/TURKISH-PULSES-BURGUTEX-1.swf".

Hope that helps.

BULENT TURGUT

MAY 7 2006 @ 05:35 PM


Dear Oscar,

Thank you so so so so much! We have solved the problem! Heyyooooo! You are wonderfull friend... :) That' it! You can look your solve : http://www.planetburgut.net/OFFERSUPDATE/SWF-OPEN/burgutex-pulses-1.htm .

Bulent Turgut
Turkiye