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<!--
/*
 * ============================================================================
 * GNU Lesser General Public License
 * ============================================================================
 *
 * FlexReport - Free Flex report-generating library.
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Frederico Garcia
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 * 
 * Frederico Garcia
 * fmotagarcia@kemelyon.com
 * http://www.kemelyon.com
 */
 
/*
 * Contributors:
 * 
 */
-->
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    layout="absolute" 
    creationComplete="initApplication()" 
    xmlns:ns1="org.print.*">
    
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import templates.dataproviders.DemoReportDP;
            import templates.ReportTemplates;
            import org.doc.Document;    
            
            private var reportTemplates:ReportTemplates;
            
            private var text:String = "" + 
                    "<p>Printing is a major feature in RIA, one Flash never seemed to cover well. Flash's printing capabilities are at the very least rudimentary mainly because Flash was always target at designers. And Flex inherited that flaw. Adobe seems to have forgotten that the needs in web design are quite different from those at organizations. Organizations still need paper!</p>" +
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p>There are many issues concerning printing in Flex:</p>" +
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p><b>    1. Report layout:</b> in order to print a page in Flex you need to create a container and add it to a FlexPrintJob. Not a big issue when working with static content. But when creating dynamic reports where you don't know how many pages you'll have this process can quickly become a nightmare.</p>" +
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p><b>    2. Multi-page content:</b> The only component specifically designed for printing is PrintDataGrid. There's no support for text or images.</p>" +
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p><b>    3. Print preview:</b> as I said before organizations need printing. But a thing they don't need is wasting paper. There's no way to make a print-preview with PrintJob. And no one likes printing 100 pages of a table, just to realize they are printing the wrong data.</p>" +
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p>FlexReport is a client-side report generation component. It allows you to easily generate, preview and print reports based in mxml/as3 templates.</p>" +
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p>There are still a few issues remaining but it's ready to be used on non critical applications. You can see a live demo and source here.</p>" +
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p>I decided to make this project public in order to get some help improving FlexReport. I'm really looking forward for your feature requests, bug reports and code improvements.</p>" +
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p>In order to use FlexReport you first have to create the document template. The templates are created using mxml and as3. Take the sample provided and modify it to your needs. Inside the sample template you will find comments telling which sections you should modify.</p>" + 
                    "<p>FlexReport includes components designed for printing:</p>" + 
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p><b>     PrintTextArea:</b> this is the component you should use to add text to your report. It handles multi-page text and adjusts it's size to fit the page.</p>" + 
                    "<p></p>" +
                    "<p><b>     Body:</b> add contents inside this container. The Body shows components when they fit one page, so you don't have components split in half.</p>";
                    
            [Bindable] private var doc:Document = null;
            private function generateDocument():void
            {
                var source:DemoReportDP = new DemoReportDP(text);
                 doc = new Document("templates.demo.DemoReport", source);
                 
                 doc.pdfScript = "http://www.kemelyon.com/flexreport/create.php";
                 doc.pdfEnabled = true;
                printPreview.doc = doc;
            }
            
            private function initApplication():void
            {
                generateDocument();
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
    
    <ns1:Preview id="printPreview" left="5" right="5" top="5" bottom="5">
    </ns1:Preview>
    
</mx:Application>