Printing Application Interface

When a document is converted, or "printed", to a Flash file with Print2Flash, Print2Flash Printing Application is launched. At first, this application shows you conversion progress. Then, it displays you the converted document for your review. And finally, you may save the converted document to disk.

To open Print2Flash Printing Application, start printing a document to Print2Flash Printer or choose "Print2Flash Printing Application" from the "All Programs/Print2Flash 3" submenu of Windows start menu.

The Printing Application screenshot is shown below:

Toolbar

The Print2Flash Printing Application toolbar has the following buttons:

  Convert - converts any printable document to Flash. You will be  prompted for the location of the document you want to convert. After conversion the converted document is shown in Converted document area and then you can save it as a Flash file using Save Flash button;

Save All - saves all data generated at the last document conversion: Flash document, metadata file and page thumbnails. You will be shown the Save All window where you can choose a location to save the data to and other conversion options;

Save Flash - saves the converted document as Flash file(s):

• In "Single file" format you will be prompted for the filename and location of document Flash file before saving;
• In "Single file per page" format this option shows a window similar to Save All window prompting for a folder in which page Flash files should be stored;
• In "External viewer" format this option shows a window similar to Save All window prompting for a folder in which Flash files should be stored. Document viewer is not stored by this command;

Save HTML - saves the converted document as an HTML page and linked Flash file(s):

• In "Single file" format first you will be presented with the HTML Options window where you can customize generation of HTML page and then you will be prompted for the filename and location of the HTML file. This command creates an HTML file and a folder named as HTML file but without extension and with "_files" appended to the name. When publishing a document with HTML file, you should upload both the file and the folder. See How to Publish the Document on the Web? topic for more information;
• In "Single file per page" format this command creates and stores an HTML viewer for the generated page Flash files;
• In "External viewer" format this command stores an HTML page which embeds a Flash viewer configured for showing of document Flash files.

Help - shows this help system.

Menu

The main menu of Print2Flash Printing Application has the following options:

• File
  • Open & Convert to Flash... - similar to Convert toolbar button;
  • Save All - similar to Save All button;
  • Save Flash… - similar to Save Flash button;
  • Save HTML… - similar to Save HTML button;
  • Exit – exits the application;
• Options:
  • Default HTML Options - opens Default HTML Options window;
  • Default Printing Preferences – opens Default Printing Preferences window;
  • Default Document Options – opens Default Document Options window;
  • Skin Editor - opens Skin Editor window;
  • Print2Flash Service Configuration - opens Print2Flash Service Configuration window.
• Help
  • Print2Flash Help – shows this help system;
  • Check for Updates - checks if a newer version of Print2Flash is available. If you want Print2Flash to check for new versions automatically, you need to choose this option and set "Check for updates automatically" option in the dialog window shown next;
  • Register Print2Flash Now! – choose this link to register Print2Flash. See Registration topic for information on Print2Flash registration;
  • Enter Registration Key – allows you to enter the registration key you obtained after registration. See Registration topic for information on Print2Flash registration;
  • Print2Flash Website - opens Print2Flash home page www.print2flash.com;
  • About Print2Flash – opens About window.

Converted document area

The bottom part of Print2Flash Printing Application shows the converted document interface along with other generated data: metadata file and thumbnails. There are three tabs here:

Flash Document tab

Here you may preview the converted Flash document before saving it to disk. While previewing you may perform any operations allowed in document interface: scrolling, enlarging, rotating the document, etc. See Converted Document Interface for more information.

Metadata tab

If you requested creation of metadata file using Output tab of Document Options Window, it is displayed in this tab

Thumbnails tab

If you requested creation of page thumbnail files using Thumbnails tab of Document Options Window, they are shown in the Thumbnails tab. Thumbnail images are scaled when shown in this preview. To view a thumbnail in its true dimensions, just click the image in the preview list.