<?xml version="1.0"?>
  <!-- Main application to print a DataGrid control on multiple pages. -->
  
  <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" initialize="initData();">
  
      <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
  
          import mx.printing.*;
          import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
          import explorer_printing_FormPrintView;
  
          // Declare variables and initialize simple variables.
          [Bindable]
          public var dgProvider:ArrayCollection;
          public var footerHeight:Number = 20;
          public var prodIndex:Number;
          public var prodTotal:Number = 0;
  
          // Data initialization.
          public function initData():void {
              // Create the data provider for the DataGrid control.
              dgProvider = new ArrayCollection;
          }
  
          // Fill the dgProvider ArrayCollection with the specified items.
          public function setdgProvider(items:int):void {
  
              prodIndex=1;
              dgProvider.removeAll();
              for (var z:int=0; z<items; z++)
              {
                  var prod1:Object = {};
                  prod1.Qty = prodIndex * 7;
                  prod1.Index = prodIndex++;
                  prodTotal += prod1.Qty;
                  dgProvider.addItem(prod1);
              }
          }
  
          // The function to print the output.
          public function doPrint():void {
  
              var printJob:FlexPrintJob = new FlexPrintJob();
              if (printJob.start()) {
                  // Create a FormPrintView control as a child of the current view.
                  var thePrintView:explorer_printing_FormPrintView = new explorer_printing_FormPrintView();
                 Application.application.addChild(thePrintView);
  
                  //Set the print view properties.
                  thePrintView.width=printJob.pageWidth;
                  thePrintView.height=printJob.pageHeight;
                  thePrintView.prodTotal = prodTotal;
                  // Set the data provider of the FormPrintView component's data grid
                  // to be the data provider of the displayed data grid.
                  thePrintView.myDataGrid.dataProvider = myDataGrid.dataProvider;
                  // Create a single-page image.
                  thePrintView.showPage("single");
                  // If the print image's data grid can hold all the provider's rows,
                  // add the page to the print job.
                  if(!thePrintView.myDataGrid.validNextPage)
                  {
                      printJob.addObject(thePrintView);
                  }
                  // Otherwise, the job requires multiple pages.
                  else
                  {
                      // Create the first page and add it to the print job.
                      thePrintView.showPage("first");
                      printJob.addObject(thePrintView);
                      thePrintView.pageNumber++;
                      // Loop through the following code until all pages are queued.
                      while(true)
                      {
                          // Move the next page of data to the top of the print grid.
                          thePrintView.myDataGrid.nextPage();
                          thePrintView.showPage("last");
                          // If the page holds the remaining data, or if the last page
                          // was completely filled by the last grid data, queue it for printing.
                          // Test if there is data for another PrintDataGrid page.
                          if(!thePrintView.myDataGrid.validNextPage)
                          {
                              // This is the last page; queue it and exit the print loop.
                              printJob.addObject(thePrintView);
                              break;
                          }
                          else
                          // This is not the last page. Queue a middle page.
                          {
                              thePrintView.showPage("middle");
                              printJob.addObject(thePrintView);
                              thePrintView.pageNumber++;
                          }
                      }
                  }
                  // All pages are queued; remove the FormPrintView control to free memory.
                  Application.application.removeChild(thePrintView);
              }
              // Send the job to the printer.
              printJob.send();
          }
          ]]>
      </mx:Script>
  
      <mx:Panel title="DataGrid Printing Example" height="75%" width="75%"
          paddingTop="10" paddingBottom="10" paddingLeft="10" paddingRight="10">
  
          <mx:DataGrid id="myDataGrid" dataProvider="{dgProvider}">
              <mx:columns>
                  <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Index"/>
                  <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Qty"/>
              </mx:columns>
          </mx:DataGrid>
  
          <mx:Text width="100%" color="blue"
              text="Specify the number of lines and click Fill Grid first. Then you can click Print."/>
  
          <mx:TextInput id="dataItems" text="35"/>
  
          <mx:HBox>
              <mx:Button id="setDP" label="Fill Grid" click="setdgProvider(int(dataItems.text));"/>
              <mx:Button id="printDG" label="Print" click="doPrint();"/>
          </mx:HBox>
      </mx:Panel>
  </mx:Application>