Flex 4 - Generate PDF - AlivePDF

Question

Hello all.
I am in need of creating PDF documents from a flash project.  THe flash project needs to be using the latest flex 4. And i will be sing the <s:Application> tags.
I grabbed an example from "Tour de Flex"  but it was built using <mx:Application>. The code for this example is here
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application  xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" width="100%" height="100%"
     viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html" backgroundColor="0x000000" layout="absolute">
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import org.alivepdf.pages.Page;
            import org.alivepdf.pdf.PDF;
            import org.alivepdf.layout.Orientation;
            import org.alivepdf.layout.Size;
            import org.alivepdf.layout.Unit;
            import org.alivepdf.display.Display;
            import org.alivepdf.saving.Method;
            import org.alivepdf.fonts.FontFamily;
            import org.alivepdf.fonts.Style;
            import org.alivepdf.colors.RGBColor;
            import mx.utils.UIDUtil;
            protected var claimPDF:PDF;
            [Embed(source="assets/Insuricorp-Logo.jpg", mimeType="application/octet-stream" )]
            protected var jpgBytes:Class;
            protected function savePDF(e:MouseEvent):void
                claimPDF = new PDF(Orientation.LANDSCAPE, Unit.MM, Size.LETTER);
                claimPDF.setDisplayMode (Display.FULL_WIDTH);
                claimPDF.addPage();
                claimPDF.addImageStream(new jpgBytes() as ByteArray, 5, 5, 0, 0, 1);
                claimPDF.setFont(FontFamily.ARIAL , Style.NORMAL, 12);
                claimPDF.addText("Claimant Name: " + this.firstName.text + " " + lastName.text,10,40);
                claimPDF.addText("Date: " + this.date.text,10,50);
                claimPDF.addTextNote(48,45,100,2,"Claim Filed on: " + this.date.text + " today's date: " + new Date());
                claimPDF.addText("Policy #: " + this.policyNum.text,10,60);
                claimPDF.addText("Contact #: " + this.contact.text,10,70);
                claimPDF.addText(this.claimNum.text,10,80);
                claimPDF.addText("Claim Description:",10,90);
                claimPDF.setXY(10,95);
                claimPDF.addMultiCell(200,5,desc.text);
                // HERE IS HOW TO SAVE FROM FLASH PLAYER 10 OR GREATER. THIS IS USED FOR THIS SAMPLE.
                var bytes:ByteArray = claimPDF.save(Method.LOCAL);
                var f:FileReference = new FileReference();
                f.save(bytes,"tourdeflex-pdf-sample.pdf");
                // HERE IS HOW TO SAVE FROM AN AIR APP
                var fs:FileStream = new FileStream();
                var file: File = File.desktopDirectory.resolvePath("tourdeflex-pdf-sample.pdf");
                fs.open(file, FileMode.WRITE);
                var pdfBytes:ByteArray = claimPDF.savePDF(Method.LOCAL);
                fs.writeBytes(pdfBytes);
                fs.close();
                 // HERE IS HOW TO SAVE FROM FLEX APP RUNNING FLASH PLAYER < 10
                 /* NOTE: To save the PDF from a Flex application if running Flash Player version < 10, you need to call a server-side
                          script as the 2nd parameter of the save call. More information about this can be found here:
                          http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/?p=17
                claimPDF.save( ethod.REMOTE, "http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/wp-content/demos/create.php", "tourdeflex-pdf-sample.pdf");*/
            protected function submitClaimNum():void
                claimNum.text='Claim # Assigned: '+ UIDUtil.createUID();//just generate a random id for sample purposes
                this.savePDFBtn.visible=true;
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
    <mx:Style>
        FormItem, Label, Button {
            color: #FFFFFF;
        TextInput, DateField {
            color: #000000;
    </mx:Style>   
    <mx:Label top="10" left="10" text="Input information and press 'File Claim' to get assigned claim #, then press Save to PDF." color="0xCCCCCC"/>   
     <mx:Label fontSize="18" text="Insurance Claim Form" left="10" top="30"/>
    <mx:HBox width="100%" height="100%" top="40" left="10" color="0x000000">
        <mx:Form id="form1" width="283" height="300">
            <mx:FormItem label="First Name:">
                <mx:TextInput id="firstName"/>
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="Last Name:">
                <mx:TextInput id="lastName"/>
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="Date:">
                <mx:DateField id="date" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="Policy #:">
                <mx:TextInput id="policyNum" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="Contact #:">
                <mx:TextInput id="contact" maxChars="12"/>
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>   
        <mx:Canvas top="10" left="10" width="300" height="100%">
            <mx:Label text="Description:" y="2"/>
            <mx:TextArea id="desc" y="18" height="133" width="205"/>   
        </mx:Canvas>
    </mx:HBox>
    <mx:HBox top="205" left="185">
        <mx:Button label="File Claim" click="submitClaimNum()"/>
        <mx:Button horizontalCenter="0" click="savePDF(event)" label="Save to PDF" id="savePDFBtn" visible="false"/>
    </mx:HBox>
    <mx:Label id="claimNum" top="238" left="83"/>
</mx:Application>
SO i tried changing it to <s:Application>  but i get a load of errors saying stuff isnt supported etc etc.
My main question is -  Does flex 4 and <s:Application> support AlivePDF or is there another way to create PDF documents?
My code for the application where i have tried to change it to the latest flex version is as follows
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
               xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
               xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
    <fx:Declarations>
        <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
    </fx:Declarations>
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
        import org.alivepdf.pages.Page;
        import org.alivepdf.pdf.PDF;
        import org.alivepdf.layout.Orientation;
        import org.alivepdf.layout.Size;
        import org.alivepdf.layout.Unit;
        import org.alivepdf.display.Display;
        import org.alivepdf.saving.Method;
        import org.alivepdf.fonts.FontFamily;
        import org.alivepdf.fonts.Style;
        import org.alivepdf.colors.RGBColor;
        import mx.utils.UIDUtil;
        protected var claimPDF:PDF;
        [Embed(source="assets/Insuricorp-Logo.jpg", mimeType="application/octet-stream" )]
        protected var jpgBytes:Class;
        protected function savePDF(e:MouseEvent):void
        claimPDF = new PDF(Orientation.LANDSCAPE, Unit.MM, Size.LETTER);
        claimPDF.setDisplayMode (Display.FULL_WIDTH);
        claimPDF.addPage();
        claimPDF.addImageStream(new jpgBytes() as ByteArray, 5, 5, 0, 0, 1);
        claimPDF.setFont(FontFamily.ARIAL , Style.NORMAL, 12);
        claimPDF.addText("Claimant Name: " + this.firstName.text + " " + lastName.text,10,40);
        claimPDF.addText("Date: " + this.date.text,10,50);
        claimPDF.addTextNote(48,45,100,2,"Claim Filed on: " + this.date.text + " today's date: " + new Date());
        claimPDF.addText("Policy #: " + this.policyNum.text,10,60);
        claimPDF.addText("Contact #: " + this.contact.text,10,70);
        claimPDF.addText(this.claimNum.text,10,80);
        claimPDF.addText("Claim Description:",10,90);
        claimPDF.setXY(10,95);
        claimPDF.addMultiCell(200,5,desc.text);
        // HERE IS HOW TO SAVE FROM FLASH PLAYER 10 OR GREATER. THIS IS USED FOR THIS SAMPLE.
        var bytes:ByteArray = claimPDF.save(Method.LOCAL);
        var f:FileReference = new FileReference();
        f.save(bytes,"tourdeflex-pdf-sample.pdf");
        // HERE IS HOW TO SAVE FROM AN AIR APP
        var fs:FileStream = new FileStream();
        var file: File = File.desktopDirectory.resolvePath("tourdeflex-pdf-sample.pdf");
        fs.open(file, FileMode.WRITE);
        var pdfBytes:ByteArray = claimPDF.savePDF(Method.LOCAL);
        fs.writeBytes(pdfBytes);
        fs.close();
        // HERE IS HOW TO SAVE FROM FLEX APP RUNNING FLASH PLAYER < 10
        /* NOTE: To save the PDF from a Flex application if running Flash Player version < 10, you need to call a server-side
        script as the 2nd parameter of the save call. More information about this can be found here:
        http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/?p=17
        claimPDF.save( ethod.REMOTE, "http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/wp-content/demos/create.php", "tourdeflex-pdf-sample.pdf");*/
        protected function submitClaimNum():void
        claimNum.text='Claim # Assigned: '+ UIDUtil.createUID();//just generate a random id for sample purposes
        this.savePDFBtn.visible=true;
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <mx:Label top="10" left="10" text="Input information and press 'File Claim' to get assigned claim #, then press Save to PDF." color="0xCCCCCC"/>   
    <mx:Label fontSize="18" text="Insurance Claim Form" left="10" top="30"/>
    <mx:HBox width="100%" height="100%" top="40" left="10" color="0x000000">
        <mx:Form id="form1" width="283" height="300">
            <mx:FormItem label="First Name:">
                <mx:TextInput id="firstName"/>
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="Last Name:">
                <mx:TextInput id="lastName"/>
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="Date:">
                <mx:DateField id="date" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="Policy #:">
                <mx:TextInput id="policyNum" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="Contact #:">
                <mx:TextInput id="contact" maxChars="12"/>
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>   
        <mx:Canvas top="10" left="10" width="300" height="100%">
            <mx:Label text="Description:" y="2"/>
            <mx:TextArea id="desc" y="18" height="133" width="205"/>   
        </mx:Canvas>
    </mx:HBox>
    <mx:HBox top="205" left="185">
        <mx:Button label="File Claim" click="submitClaimNum()"/>
        <mx:Button horizontalCenter="0" click="savePDF(event)" label="Save to PDF" id="savePDFBtn" visible="false"/>
    </mx:HBox>
    <mx:Label id="claimNum" top="238" left="83"/>
</s:Application>
If anyone can help that would be great

Answer 1

Flex 4 supports alive pdf generation.
Follwing is the sample code of generating pdf.
var newPDF:PDF =
new PDF(Orientation.LANDSCAPE, Unit.MM, Size.LETTER);newPDF.setDisplayMode (Display.FULL_WIDTH);
newPDF.addPage();
newPDF.setFont(FontFamily.ARIAL , Style.BOLD, 18);
newPDF.addText(
"TITLE" ,100,10);newPDF.setFont(FontFamily.ARIAL , Style.NORMAL, 16);
newPDF.setXY(10,95);
newPDF.addImage(orderDG,50,20);
newPDF.addText(
"TEST 1 " ,50,120);newPDF.addText(
"TEST 2 ",150,120); 
var fileREf:FileStream = new FileStream();var file:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath('Test.pdf');
var stream:FileStream = new FileStream()
stream.open(file,FileMode.WRITE);
stream.writeBytes(newPDF.save(Method.LOCAL));
stream.close();