FLASH: Printing Artifact Problem

[Kevin Huisman]

I have a graphically complex flash movie that includes print 

functionality.  On the Mac, it's fine, but on the PC when using Internet 

Explorer, after the print dialogue is gone, there are artifacts, and 

general display problems within the flash movie.  (I haven't been able to 

recreate it on Netscape for the PC, so I'm assuming that it is a single 

browser issue)


I believe it is a refresh problem inside IE.  If you right click on the 

movie, and use flash's controls to zoom in on the movie, then zoom back 

out, it corrects itself.


Of course, it exhibits the properties of my favorite kind of error 

<sigh>: it doesn't happen every time you try to print, but often enough 

to prevent it's release to the public.


I've inserted a movie clip that completely covers the artwork in the 

movie for one frame after the printing has taken place to try to force it 

to refresh.  This works about half the time.  (IOW, it's better, but not 

solved)


Can anyone confirm this?  Have you had the same/similar problem with that 

browser/platform configuration while printing?


Any other ideas to try to correct this would be most appreciated.


Kevin Huisman

CyberIsland Studios, Ltd.

kevincyberisland [dot] com

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