Flash :: One More Question About FORMS (Easy One)

Forms...don't Come Easy To Me.....
i need to put a form on a website i'm building in flash. this forms needs to ask name, address,company etc from the user then send it to an email address. i don't have clue where to start. i would like to build it in flash but i could do it as an html page if needs be.....any hints anyone?

Forms. Easy Question
Hi there!

Can anybody tell me how can I change the order of the imput texts in a simple form?

I have created a form but when I pass them pushing the TAB key they pass in a wrong way. I would like to change the order but I don´t know.

Thanks.

Les

Converting Html Forms To Flash Forms?
i'm in the middle of creating a website for a record company. i've been doing it all in flash, so when they asked me to set up a newsletter facility, i decided it would be in flash. here's my problem:

the host i'm using has a newsletter add/remove facility in html. i've tried converting this into flash but it just wont work! the html form code provided by the hoist (which does work) is below:

<form action='http://cp.cyberstation.co.uk/list.cgi' method='post'>
<input type='hidden' name='list' value='Newsletter'/>
<input type='hidden' name='redirect-success' value='http://www.mickhayglaziers.co.uk/complete.html'/>
<b>Our Mailing List</b><br/>
<input type='text' name='email'/><br/>
<input class='radio' type='radio' name='action' value='add' checked='checked'/>Subscribe
<input class='radio' type='radio' name='action' value='delete'/>Unsubscribe<br/>
<input type='submit' value='Do it Now!'/>
</form>

The actionscript i used on the submit button when converted is:

on (release) {
list="Newsletter";
action="add";
loadVariablesNum ("http://cp.cyberstation.co.uk/list.cgi", "0", "Post");

}

The button is also, along with the list and action variables, on the main timeline!

can anyone offer any insight to where i'm going wrong?

Email Forms, Feedback Forms
I have posted the same topic on the other section but i thought perhaps this one would be more appropiate?

I need help with creating a feedback forms (name, phone nubmer, email, comments etc) in a flash site.

I have d/n a CGI script that comes with the tutorial in Flash Kit. and I also found a PHP scripts that i was told it should do the same thing.

I am new to BOTH, CGI or PHP whatever,
After i read the CGI mail form tutorial , it seems like i need to link the button to cgi-bin/whatever.cgi right? How about PHP? Questions is DO i just paste the PHP code in the action windows of flash MX or place the code in a html page that creates a seperate window?

What is easier for newbees like me and is there any easier approprach?

__________________
*!* I really need some help *!*

Forms, Nested Forms, And Masks?
Is there a way to provide a mask that applies to nested slides and forms? I have a structure that looks like this:

Form1
Slide1
SubSlide1
SubSlide2
SubSlide3
SubSlide4
SubSlide5
SubForm1
SubForm2

The app starts and shows Slide1 containing a background provided by Form1 then based on button rollovers the sub slides show with a nice fade transition. This all works GREAT.

When the button is clicked the selected SubForm1 or SubForm2 screens (which contain separate swf files) is displayed with a left to right “fly in” transition while the Slide1 is hidden with a right to left “fly out” transition. Now again this works great except for the fact that I need a mask so that the user does not see the SubForms flying from outside the bounds of Form1.

I have tried applying masks to ALL forms and subforms with no success (including the masks to forms in the external swf files on the SubForms.) Is there a way to make this work or do I have to use a loader component to make the mask work the way I want?

Thanks,
R. Sparrow

Forms And Email Forms
Does anyone know of any good tutorials on how to make Mail forms.

I want to Build a form with custom fields and i dont know where to start.

SUPER EASY / RETARDED EASY SetMask ?
Ok got a simple retarded question. I have 1 swf loading into a holder_mc and a mask_mc set with setMask but it is not working. There is nothing else to this but so help me it is not working and I know I have to be overlooking something simple but I am just not seeing it.

Heres the whopping 3 lines of code:
code: stop();
contentHolder_mc.loadMovie("home.swf");
contentHolder_mc.setMask(contentMask_mc);

Example attached.

thx

c

Easy Question, Hopefully Easy Answer...
How can i create a grid of 20 movieclips? I would like to have 4 columns and 5 rows.
Its going to be used for a drag and drop game. any help would be REALLY appreciated!!

Something Really Easy To Answer, But Yet Not So Easy
Can anyone tell me if the ; is needed in flash MX because in flash 5 it gave me errors when i never put it in. But in MX it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Easy Question Or Not So Easy?
I am trying to save buttons and movies I have created to the main Library for use in other projects and I am having trouble figuring out how to do this. I am using flash mx. I tried going into program files and flashmx and finding the library that way. I thought I found the folder and exported a file to it and when I opened the folder it was there but when I was in flash and opened the main library flash provides for you it did not show up. Please help this newb.

thanks,

Don

Easy Easy Question
alright i have a movie clip within my movie that will display text, but the text is always different and it loads it dynamically what is the best way for each of my buttons to tell the movie clip to load and then tell the textbox to load a specific file.

_alpha / Easy In And Easy Out
I need for this code a Easy in/ onRollOver and Easy out/ onRollOut.

---

for(i=1;i<6;i++){
theButton=_root["mc"+i];

theButton.thisNum = i ;
theButton._alpha = 0;
theButton.speed = 5

theButton.onEnterFrame=function() {

if (_root["mc"+this.thisNum].overMe) {

this.elasticScale(150, 0.7, 0.3)
} else {
this.elasticScale(100, 0.7, 0.3)
}
}
theButton.onRollOver=function(){

this.speed = 5;

if (this._alpha > 100)
{
this._alpha += speed;
}
else
{
this._alpha = 100;
}

_root["mc"+this.thisNum].overMe=true;

_root["mc"+this.thisNum].swapDepths(5000)
}
theButton.onRollOut=function(){

this.speed = 5;

if (this._alpha > 100)
{
this._alpha -= speed;
}
else
{
this._alpha = 0;
}

_root["mc"+this.thisNum].overMe=false;

_root["mc"+this.thisNum].swapDepths(5000)
}
}

Forms
Can you make forms on flash it would help me a lot

p.s Thanks for loading script it worked

Forms?
I have created a contact form and need to put whatever code or scripts needed to be able to send it. I have placed my text fields and entered Name, address, phone, etc. in the variable fields. I have created a submit button and need to know where to go from here. I was told I would be given the raw code (cgi). I have also been trying to understand where this code goes and what else is needed to make this work. I did read something about defining the recipient. Is there anyone out there who can shed some light on this for me. I have very little experience with html and actionscripting but am doing my best to learn and understand as much as possible.

Thanks so much to anyone who can help,
TC

Forms
Is it possible to have a form consisting of 4 inpput text boxes with a button underneath which sends it to my email??

Thanks
Shaun

FORMS?---please Help Me
I am trying to set up our company's website entirely in Flash 5.0 and need your help!

We are new at Flash and have pretty much set up most of the site within the past week, however I do not know where to start with the order FORM!

Our form has:

*2 radio buttons that the user will choose 1 item from (ex.: item a OR itme b)
*one drop-down of sizes
*name, address, state, zip, email, and checkbox for future mailings option
*the form to be converted can be seen @ http://www.silkies.com (just click on 'Free Sample'

--it's a very easy form to manage, so converting it over to Flash should be relatively easy for more experienced developers. Can someone please help me with an example? Remember, I am totally new to this, so be thourough in your explination!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

--Adam

Forms?
does anyone know how to create forms in flash?

Forms
I'm trying to create a form. How can I create a clear button??

CGI..FORMS?
I have no idea about anything CGI related. I made a form I want to add to my site..bu I have no idea how the CGI stuff works? I will have my site posted on geocites...do they have/support CGI? How do I get the script?? Does anyone have it?? Does anyone know of a freeserver that does support CGI stuff? WHat exactly do I do with the script when I get it?? I just want all the info from the form sent to my e-mail....If anyone can help me I would appreciate it! Thanks -whispers-

Somebody Has To Know About Forms?
I have a site on brinkster.com (a free server) I have a form on my site...that I can not get to work. I KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about cgi...So any tut I have read has not helped. I need to be sppon-fed her guys ..PLEASE!!
I have not seen any CGI-bin directory on my space to upload any CGI script. I dont even have a CGI script...or know what parts that need to be edited to fit my site. Does anybody out there have a form on there site? And perhaps on a free server as well? PLEASE..somebody take the time to help and answer..Thans -whispers-

Forms
Hi, I have a question :

I have a forms with 2 fields, and I d'like to send these 2
field on a e-mail address, how I can do this with a button ?

Alex

FORMS
OK im bout to cry.... I need some help. Im trying to get a simple mailme form to work. It uses cgi script. What is a good userfriendly web server that supports perl or cgi or whatever it is that I need. IM using windows (for a note)
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Also IF you know of any good tutorials to help me out working with CGI. CHAD

Forms.........
will the info in textfields which are placed in movieclips still be submitted to a cgi bin etc.? what i mean is do they all have to be on _level0 to be submitted.

Forms
I'm really a newbie, I have flash4 can create a simple form,but how shall i get it to work? I use to embed the flash swf file in an html page is that good?

Forms
Hallo,

I would like to know, how I put an form on a flash animation. And How can I send to an ASP, or using the code on the flash? Isnt not possible? Must I send to an separate ASP file? How can I send the variables to the file?

Thanks once again,

Angelistis.

Forms Forms Forms
hello.

this is my problem.

i have a button in a movieclip that is on the main timeline. This buuton, when pressed is supposed to send the text that is in the textfield next to it, to my email address. however this is not happening.

ive set up a cgi script in the cgi bin of my webpage with all the correct variables and still i cant get anything to happen.

Code:
on (release,keypress "<Enter>") {
address=_root.email;
loadVariablesNum(" http://www.mywebpage.com/web/cgi-bin/formparse.cgi",0, "GET");
_root.email = (" Thankyou");

}
the above code is placed in the actions of the button. basically the var "address" is assigned the value of my text box var "email" then sent to the script in the cgi bin.
the "email" var is then changed to read "Thankyou". this bit seems to work fine, its just the sending part that i seem to have problems with.

im just totally stumped. will the fact that the button is on a different level (timeline) cause any problems?

is there any kind of test i can run on the cgi script to check if it is working properly? i could then trouble shoot the flash movie rather than doubting the cgi script.

any guidance would be greatly appreciated...

thanks

Forms
Hi,

I just want to know if we can introduce in the flash form
check boxes, radio buttons etc...? How can I do this?

Tks, again for the precious help..

Angelistis.

F*****g Forms
sorry for the expletives but ive had enough of trying to get this CGI form to work properly when executed from within flash!!

my problem may seem a bit silly but its starting to get real annoying...

basically the CGI script works fine but its the way that flash is responding to it. here be my problem.

i have an input text box with the var name 'address'.
when the user clicks on the button next to it, it sends the text that is in the box to the CGI script. heres the code im using on the button>>>

Code:

on (release,keypress "<Enter>") {

loadVariablesNum("http://www.mywebsite.com/cgi-bin/formparse.cgi",0, "GET");
address = ("<P ALIGN='CENTER'>Thankyou</P>");

}

okay, that all seems fine but its what happens next thats getting my wound up. the CGI script is supposed to send a mail to the persons email address that they put into the form and also an email to me telling me what their email is so that i can add them to a mailing list. basically the CGI script works fine (ive checked using an HTML form) its just when i use Flash to send the variables it>>>>

A> doenst send a thankyou reply to the senders email...

and

B> when i get their email info back it looks like this>>>

Email Address - <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="12" COLOR="#666666">so@email.address.co.uk</FONT></P>

ive also descovered a file on my server called DEAD LETTER, which seems to hold all the un sent Thankyou emails... whats going on!!!

im well and truly stumped on this one.. anyone who could help would be saving me from a real nasty 'head in computer screen' senario...

Using Php For Forms
Hi.
I am desperately trying to understand how to use php with a Flash form. I have looked at tutorials, but don't know actionscripting well enough to make sense of them. The following code for the "submit" buttons is from a tutorial I am trying to use, but I don't understand how the form knows what email address to send the information inputted to the form to.

on (release) {
if ((vemail.indexOf("@") != -1) && (vemail.indexOf(".") != -1) && (length(vemail)>5)) {
action = "Send";
loadVariablesNum ("mailform.php", 0, "POST");
nextFrame ();
} else {
vemail = "Please enter email";
action = "";
stop ();
}
}

Forms Help?
Okay this is what I'm doing.. I'm trying to make a form in flash - that's the easy part.. but then I want the submit button to send me the contents of the form, via my form mail... How do i like up the button to do that?

Any help is greatly appreciated..

Forms And CGI?
OKay this is what I am doing.. I'm creating a website for my business.. I am working on the "support" page and I'm trying to make a form... The form is the easy part.. What my question is... Once I have my submit button on the flash How can I make it link to my formmail.pl on my web server to make it send in the contents of the form to my e-mail via the formmail...

Can someone help me with the actionscript for this?

Thank You in advance if you're able to help me..

- Jblack144

Forms
Pleeez help - I am designing my first flash site and the I need to create a form with basic details - once they have completed the form and pressed submit - I would like them to go to a new swf.

This is the scripting I have used - I think the error is with the gotoAndPlay but I am not sure how to amend it -

on (release) {
subject = "Press Information";
recipient = "info@samphireuk.com";
loadVariablesNum ("http://www.samphireuk.com/cgi-bin/afm.pl", 0, "POST");
gotoAndPlay ("press1.swf");
}

Thanks

Kate

Help With Forms
Ive made a flash form for my homepage and everything works fine on my computer...but when i upload the swf and html files it doesnt send the data at all!

any ideas??

Forms
I am trying to create a user feedback form and have created the boxses. How do you get them to work i.e what scripting do you to validate and to send the data.

Forms
Ok I found this tutorial in Flash 4 and hoped it would work but I am not getting it to work. Are there any changes in version 5 that will keep this from working? Also doesnt there need to be a line of script that emails the info to the server? My traditional html form has that and I think that this Flash version would need that as well. Can you help me?
I know I am asking alot of questions here. But also how does Flash know all the text boxes are linked to gether and the buttons? There are no "form tag" type comments to tell it so.
Here is the tutorial I found here on Flashkit. I excluded the making of the actual form and text boxes.

Create two buttons now, Send and Clear (see the tutorial on Building Buttons and Adding Actions) and place them in your form.

In the "Clear" button add the actions:

On (Release)
Set Variable: "name" = ""
Set Variable: "homepage" = ""
Set Variable: "email" = ""
Set Variable: "comments" = ""
End On

In the "Send" button add the actions:

On (Release)
Load Variables ("http://www.server.com/cgi-bin/myform.cgi", 1, vars=POST)
End On

CGI Forms
Ok I am getting farther along here.

I have an HTML product page that uses a cgi form post to send variables like
${PRICE}, ${Quantity}, etc.
to another CGI script which handles the checkout and shopcart.

I want to convert the product page to flash (5) and pass the variables to the cgi for checkout.

Is this as simple as assigning each value a variable and using a post to send the data to the specified CGI? IT seems too simple and i can't get it to work. Also I pass the data to a cookie to track the contents of the users shopcart when thet are on the site. I have seen posts for cookies, but will it be possible to keep the cookie updated each time variables are passed?

Any help would be appreciated. IF I can pull this off I will have a web based e-commerce solution that is 100% flash compatible. see http://www.storesontheweb.com

I would be willing to trade someone a free online store for some period of time if they could help me make this work.

Must You Use Cgi For Forms
does my form submit button have to be linked to a cgi script or can I use a mailto: and send the variables directly through email like in html, if so what actionscript would you use for the submit button

Forms
I need help with making a form in flash. I have all teh variables set up and the action scripting, but I dont know how to use a script in your cgibin with flash, someone help me please also if you know of an easy script to use, or have one, please tell me or send it to me. Thanks

Forms
Two smalll issues Hopefully someone knows how to fix this....

1.) How do you send to multiple emails accounts when submitting a form within flash 5? I know I need to do this within Flash not the CGI script

2.) How do you specify that pressing the TAB button on the keyboard only tabs within the form elements... not everything else on the page as well?

Any help would be most appreciated

Peace

Forms
I need some help. This is one of the only <b>BIG</b> questions I have left in Flash.

For testing purposes, I this is what I want:

I want a form where they type their name in. Then they hit a submit button. Te movie goes to the next frame, and there, in a variable text box, is there name.

The purpose of this is obvious because I want to be able to store the information somewhere in the movie. That is the purpose of this exercise. Please help if possible, thanks in advance.

FORMS
I have a form at http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/eli/work_area/contact.html Lets say i made this type of form in flash, how could I submit the info captured here to an email address with flash...

If you dont understand reply...

anubody?
[Edited by freshguy on 07-25-2002 at 04:26 AM]

FORMS.....ETC...
hey, i need to know something important, i want to create a form in flash where a user could write an email or inquiry to a given email address. this form should have fields like 'your email' 'subject' 'message' etc.... im new to something this complex but i need to know what sort of actionscript this involves, and what exernal languages (if any) it reqires...

ps. could i do this in PHP ?

thanks

Help With Forms
Hi, if someone (preferably, of those who have already used FrontPage[any version] to publish forms on a host with FrontPage Extension Server installed) can help me with this:

Scenario:
=========
I have a website made in HTML using FrontPage2000 and the hosting company has FrontPage Extension Server installed. Things are cool and easy especailly with Feedback Forms.

I am trying to convert my website in to Flash and stuck with Feedback Form.

I have already designed Feedback Form in Flash but of course not functional.

Quesation:
==========
How can let both my Feedback Form prepared in Flash and FrontPage Extension Server talk?

Note:
=====
I do not want to use CGI as this solution is already there.

Forms
I made a form. It has a few input boxes and a submit button. How do i make it so u cant submit untill all input boxes are filled ??

Forms
Hi
Basically I have a movie set up with text fields in different keyframes
What I'm trying to do is; when the next button is clicked on, to move the
play head along, so you can input
information in to the other text fields, I want the user to be prompted that
he has left fields empty
In the key frame that has the first set of text fields there is a stop()
action.

In the next key frame ( that also has text fields on it )

if (textfield1 eq "" || textfield2 eq "" || textfield3 eq "") {
error = "you have left some text fields empty, please fill them in";
gotoAndStop("st1"); // previous frame
} else {
error = "";
}

this seems to work, but when I try this again for the next key frame
if (textfield4 eq "" || textfield5 eq "" || textfield6 eq "") { // new text
fields
error = "you have left some text fields empty, please fill them in";
gotoAndStop("st2"); // previous frame
} else {
error = "";
}

what happens now is the play head will stay in the frame as desired but,
nothing appears in the error field.

what am I missing?
Thanks in advance
Roy

Forms...Please Help
How in the world do I make a form in flash??? I know how you get the fields (with components), but I don't know how to get the info back to the server when people fill out the form...My boss needs this ASAP...Please help...I'm going crazy!!!!

Forms And PHP, CGI, ASP
Not really a Flash specific question, but I don't know where else to go:

I've been doing Flash for a while and have discovered there are things I need to learn to advance to the next level. My needs are to do simple forms that will allow users to "subscribe" to a Flash Newsletter I'm creating by sending me their e-mail address. I'd also like to learn how to create one of those "Send this to a friend" things.

I understand I need to learn CGI, PHP, ASP and/or Cold Fusion to do these type of projects. I also understand that whatever host I use, needs to support whichever of these I learn.

Here are my questions:

1. I keep seeing something about a server, such as Apache. Do I need this or does my host have the server and as long as it's compatable with CGI, PHP, etc., it will work for me?

2. For now, what I think are "simple" forms is all I will need to create. Which of the above mentioned technologies is the best for me to use?

3. Which is the easiest?

4. Will one or more of these allow me to have multiple fields in a form and distribute them to an data base such as Access?

Thanks VERY much for any help here.

Help With Forms
hello, I am usng Flash 5 and I'm trying to write a form. I have created the fields and assigned the following actions to the submit button:

on(release){
to="music@rfkharris.com";
subject="composerform";
loadVariables("http://www.themakers.com/cgi-bin/books/sendmail.cgi", "POST");
sendTime=getTimer();
gotoAndPlay("wait");
}

The address after load variables is one given in the Flash 5 bible book in order for people to try out the form. I have also tried it with different addresses, downloading sendmail etc but it doesn't work, the movie goes to the success page but I don't receive any emails, I wondered if this was because the submit button is not overtly connected to the form fields? if so how do I connect it? if not what am I doing wrong? AOL is my ISP and my website is hosted on Mailbox if that is any help,

Thanks for any help

Tab In Forms
Hi all,

I have designed one small form username and password in flash. Now when I am running the swf or the exe the tab is working fine between the text fields and button, but when I am seeing the page thru a jsp page or even thru html the tab is nor working.

What may be the possible reason? Please help me out...

Thanks

Amit