Flash :: Referencing A Value Within A Form Field

Referencing A Value Within A Form Field
Hey all...

Within my org. we have a set of variables that we can use within our .asp forms that are stored on a DB but can be called within our forms. Basically when a user longs into their machine and opens up one of our html/asp forms their user information Name/department/title/phone/branch address are auto populated within the 'profile' section at the top of the form. Below is an example of the code used:

<td width="450"><input name="UserName" type="text" id="UserName" value="<%=g_emp_fullname%>" size="50" maxlength="100">

Instead of building forms via html/asp I would like to try and build a 'smart' form via flash and pass all of the variables collected to a processessing .asp page that generates the email.

What I can't figure out is how to, within flash, reference the...value="<%=g_emp_fullname%>" , within the Flash form fields so the values come up.

I would like Flash to auto-recognize the values just like my .asp page did.
Any ideas on code referencing within Flash is greatly appreciated as always!!

Regards,

SKURGE

Hidden Form Field/email Form Field
does anyone know how to create hidden form field in flash or even help with an email input form ?

Using A Variable When Referencing A Text Field
I'm trying to do something and i don't know if it's possible.

I have 10 text fields:
_root.myplace.myname1.htmlText - up to 10

I would like to use a variable to place the contents of each into separate variables.

var i;
i=0;
do{
i++;
_global.myname[i] = _root.myplace.myname[1].htmlText
}while (i<10);

I do not seem to be able to phathom out how to do this. Any help out there?

Thanks

Lawrence

Text Field Referencing Movie Clips...
Alrighty, suppose I have a Dynamic text field with a corresponding variable textMan. And, I've got 3 clips on the root level (clip1, clip2, clip3). At some point, I'd like to read the variable (textMan) from the text box and change the opacity of the corresponding movie clip...

If I type in "clip1" for instance, I want to change its opacity to 50...

Can I use textMan directly, or do I have to somehow parse it in-between?

(i.e. textMan._alpha=50 ??)

Thanx in advance,
BakaMattSu.

Referencing Dynamic Text Field On Button
I have a button which has a colored square as well as a dynamic text field (buttonText). The over state inverts the color of the text and square.

I place the button in a MovieClip(ButonMC) and put an instance on the timeline (Button1). I put other copies on the timeline as well (Button2, Button3).

How do I refer to the dynamic text field in each instance?

_root.Button1.buttonText does not seem to work. I guess I could take the text field out of the button symbol and place it in the ButtonMC movie clip. But then I would lose the 'over state abilities'

TIA

Referencing A Field Through An AttachMovie() Attached Movie
Hi all

I have a scene with a movie clip on it called template.
Inside template is a mc called holder_mc. Holder_mc on load attaches a movie clip from the library like this

PHP Code:

onClipEvent(load)
{
this.attachMovie("step1Template_mc","step1",1);
}

so the newly added mc is now named step1.

I have a button in this new mc called reset. I just want to make the text field in it clear when i click on it. so I tried

this.txtheadline.text = "";

that didn't work.

then i tried:

this.myRootMovie.step1.txtheadline.text = "";

still didn't work. I cant drill down to this newly attached movie clip ARRAR!
help!

Referencing Text Field Within Custom Class
I have set up two classes, one is the DocumentClass and it imports a custom class i have made called XMLLoader. The problem is I want to change the value of a dynamic text field on the stage with the instance name xml_txt from within the XMLLoader class...

Code:
package classes
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import classes.XMLLoader;

public class DocumentClass extends MovieClip
{
public function DocumentClass():void
{
var xml:XMLLoader = new XMLLoader();
}
}
}

Code:
package classes
{
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;

public class XMLLoader
{
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("myXML.xml");
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

public function XMLLoader():void
{
loader.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loadProgress);
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);
loader.load(req);
}

private function loadProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void
{
var percent:Number = ( 100 / event.bytesTotal ) * event.bytesLoaded;
trace(Math.round(percent));
}

private function loadComplete(event:Event):void
{
var newLoader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
trace(newLoader.data);
}
}
}

Form Field Validation, Specially Email Field. Any Ideas?
Hi. I have a simple flash form designed for my website i have all things done but i am not getting the idea how to validate the "Email" field like you validate it in JavaScript for an "@" and a "." to be present in the finally submitted form. I need to do it in ActionScript as the other form validation is done in it as well. Please let me know if you can help. Thanks

Form Field Validation, Specially Email Field. Any
Hi. I have a simple flash form designed for my website i have all things done but i am not getting the idea how to validate the "Email" field like you validate it in JavaScript for an "@" and a "." to be present in the finally submitted form. I need to do it in ActionScript as the other form validation is done in it as well. Please let me know if you can help. Thanks

Referencing To Extrernal Files Form Flash
i have a flash movie and i want a button to open a quicktime file (in quicktime, not in flash). does anyone know if i can use the "getURL" command to read a file locally? (i.e. a file not on the web but on my computer's hd).

thanks again!

Loading External Swf - Referencing Problem For A PHP Contact Form
hey everyone, i followed the tutorial on "loading external swfs" & for the most part all my other swfs worked fine EXCEPT for my PHP contact form swf. i searched through the forums and learned about using the _parent notation instead of _root & i thought it helped but i'm still having weird problems.

when i test my own form swf through the main swf in Flash MX 2004, it works (it proceeds to the thank you message, i get the email, all is good). however when i test it on my actual site on the internet it never proceeds to the thank you message & just sits there so what i was thinking was that it wasnt correctly sending the data to the PHP script? i dont know. i'm in desperate need of you AS guru's

i'm going to attach one fla file because the other was too big, but provide a link to the other. original.fla is what i based my form off of which basically is to give you an idea of what the original AS is and mine.fla is the swf i'm loading into my container with the added changes that i needed to make based on the "loading external swfs" tutorial.

original.fla

my question is would somebody be able to figure out when i need to use all the different notations such as: this, _root, _parent for the swf that gets loaded into the container MC of my main swf?? i'd really like to get this working as soon as possible. i'm hoping someone out there will have a better idea of the correct way of doing the AS in my file. thanks in advance!

-Dantai

Trying To Pass Text From Form Text Field To A Flash Dynamic Text Field
Hi, I was hoping someone might enlighten me as to how/if I can do this...

Currently I'm using javascript which works fine to pass text from textfield A to textfield B:

Code:
window.onload=function()
{
document.forms.form1.shirtText.value=document.forms.form1.KitGroupID_16_TextOption_38.value
}
Is there a way to pass the textfield A text to a dynamic text input (flash) as I'd like to use the font embedding flash offers. I can make it work when loading a value from a txt file but I'm not sure how to access the value identified above as KitGroupID_16_TextOption_38 and make it appear in a dynamic input box. Eventually I might want to have 3 font choices for the user but I'd like to just see if I can get this working properly first.

Your help/advice would be greatly appreciated,

-Scott

Tab Key To Next Form Field
I have a form-like interface. I want to polish it off by setting it up to allow the user to press the tab key to advance to the next input text field. It seems that there should be a tutorial for this, but I can't find one. Any suggestions?

Form Field
Hi
How do I apply a script like this to a Form text-field?

<input type="text" value="Newsletter" onFocus="clearText(this)">

This javascript is placed in the header of the HTML-file

<script>
function clearText(thefield){
if (thefield.defaultValue==thefield.value)
thefield.value = ""
}
</script>

The script empties the textfield as the user clicks it!
The textfield has the varible letterField applied to it in the Flash-file.

Lars

Form Field Value And No Value
How can I do this in flash. You know how in html forms you can do this:

PHP Code:

onblur="this.value='enter email address';" onfocus="this.value='';"

What I have are some form fields that have some text in it as a defalut value then when the person sets focus in the form field the value disappears. Now if the place a value in the form field then move to the next form field thus losing focus on the first form field. I would like the info they input in there to remain there. But if nothing was placed show the default value. I know how to do it in html but not in flash. Pleez help. Would love to do some flash forms.

HOW DO I CREATE FORM FIELD
HOW DO I CREATE FORM FIELD?
THANKS....qetret

Field Focus In A Form
Hello, I have a form that contains a back button, when you click the back button the movie goes to frame one where data can be input again. What I am trying to do is get the form to focus on a certain field when it goes to frame one again. I have tried Selection.setFocus and it doesnt seem to be working. the form clip is a movie placed on _level0. This is the code I am using for the back button. What am I doing wrong?

on (release, keyPress "<Left>") {
gotoAndStop (1);
Selection.setFocus("_level0.fname");

Searcher

Form Field InFocus
Hello,

I have a form and want the first text entry field to be in focus when the flash movie loads. ie, when the user starts to type in, the cursor is already in the first box.

Thanks.....Rob

Single Field Form
i've got a script and form that works perfectly with .php

now i want to create a SIMPLE form with just one field that will collect email addresses from visitors (like a newsletter sign up type thing). all i need is a single input text field, a send button, and the script and .php to make it all work.

i thought i had it, but i can't get it to work at all. is there an easy way to do this or does someone have one already made and working that i can take a look at?

thanks,
Clint

Form Field Question
I have a form with three input fields... in frame one i would like to have buttons that direct the cursor to the appropriate field in subsequent frames.

example:

i have a three buttons
email, name, message...(they go to frame 2,3,4 respectively)

i would like to click the email button and have it go to the input text field that is for the email address...

or click name and go to name field
and so on...

i have the tab order correct where it tabs through correctly.
but when i click name... it still goes to the input field for email..

which is the one on top...

is this possible

Problem With Form Field
Hi all
I have a problem with a php flash form processor i downloaded from this website
the flash form works fine and i get the email with all the fields information...
but in the "comments" field of the form - set as multiline - if you hit the "enter" button while writing the text only the first line will arrive in the mail...the rest is ignored by the php form processing file...
can you help me solve this?
here is the php code used...

<?
/************************************************** ****
**
** Flash Mx PHP Mailer
**
** By - David Khundiashvili
************************************************** *****/
/************************************************** *****
Enter your site details below!
************************************************** *****/
// Enter your contact email address here
$adminaddress = youremail@yoursite.com;
// Enter the address of your website here include http://www.
$siteaddress =http://www.yourwebsite.com;
// Enter your company name or site name here
$sitename = "yourcompany";
/************************************************** *****
No need to change anything below ...
************************************************** *****/
$date = date("m/d/Y H:i:s");
if ($REMOTE_ADDR == "") $ip = "no ip";
else $ip = getHostByAddr($REMOTE_ADDR);

if ($action != ""):
mail("$adminaddress","Info Request",
"A visitor at $sitename has left the following information

First Name: $fname
Last Name: $lname
Email: $email
Telephone: $telno

The visitor commented:
------------------------------
$comments

Logged Info :
------------------------------
Using: $HTTP_USER_AGENT
Hostname: $ip
IP address: $REMOTE_ADDR
Date/Time: $date","FROM:$adminaddress");
mail("$email","Thank You for visiting $sitename",
"Hi $fname,

Thank you for your interest in $sitename!

Cheers,
$sitename
$siteaddress","FROM:$adminaddress");
$sendresult = "Thank you for visiting <a href = "$siteaddress" target = "_blank"><u>$sitename</u></a>. You will receive a confirmation email shortly. ";
$send_answer = "answer=";
$send_answer .= rawurlencode($sendresult);
echo "$send_answer";
endif;
?>

check the $comments field...the problem happens there...only the first line will be read but if you hit enter and type more all the other text will be ignored...
thanks!

Multi-field Form To Be Sent Via Asp
Hello!

I know that there are several tutorials that show how to make forms but I'm having a heck of a time making one work.

I need to create a form that has 10 input fields in it and have that info sent to an email address via asp.

Does anyone have a multi-field form along with an mail.asp that I can look at?

thanks!

Reseting Form Field
I've created a simple form with one input field for viewers to submit an email address to join a mailing list. It works great, the only problem is after they click the submit button, the input field (message) doesn't reset OR my dynamic text field (mailstatus) thanking them for joining. Can anyone help?

this is the actionscript for my button:

on (release) {
subject = "Mailing List";
this.loadVariables("http://www.djbreak.com/simplemail.php", "POST");
}

this is my php script:

<?php

$email ="breakgetnice@aol.com";

$subject = $HTTP_POST_VARS['subject'];

$message = $HTTP_POST_VARS['message'];

mail($email, $subject, $message);

echo "mailstatus=Thank you for joining!&thescript=done&";

?>

Why This Form Field Does Not Work
i set up text feld set it to dynamic

then attached the scroll bar

and still i can not see the scroll bar just the whitefield where the scroll should be

can someone tell me what i am doing ewrong

Only 1st Field In Form Clears
Hello and thank you.

I am using Flash 8 to make an email form.
I have 5 fields but only the first field clears when you click
on the clear button.

This is the action script that I have. Any ideas?

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay("s1");
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay("s2");
}
on (release) {
_parent.your_name="Name:";
_parent.your_phone="Phone:";
_parent.your_email="Email:";
_parent.your_weddingdate="Wedding Date:";
_parent.your_message="Message:";
}

Flash Form Field To ASP
I am using cs2 (flash 8 action script 2).

I want to take a field and send it to an asp page to use the information for a search.

It seems to recieve it in the asp page, (only it is huge---literally-see attached)

The field is named Qzip

My Flash Action Script is:
on (release) {
getURL("http://www.4manscramble.net/content/courses/search.asp", "_self", "POST");
}

My asp code isnote this is the basics as the real search is a ton of trig code)

strZIPCode = Request("Qzip")

If strZIPCode = "" then
Response.Write "<font color=red >We are sorry the zipcode wasn't read right. We have sent this issue to our team. Feel free to try again</font>"
strZIPCode = "44024"
Else
Response.Write "the zipcode is: "&strZipCode&""
End If

DatabaseQuery = "SELECT Latitude, Longitude FROM ZIPCodes WHERE ZIPCode =" & strZIPCode & " "
Response.Write ("<br>The Query ="&DatabaseQuery&"<br>")

Dim rsZIPCodes: Set rsZIPCodes = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rsZIPCodes.Open DatabaseQuery, dbConn

If rsZIPCodes.EOF Then
'ZIP Code does not exist - report to user...

Response.Write "<font color=red >We could not find that zip code. Feel free to try again</font>"

Else
do the search

//////////////////////////
at this point it seems the data passed but reall it hasn't.

If I use a regular form text field. No problem

Drop-down Form Field In AS3
Hey all,
Is it possible to make a drop-down form field w/in AS3? I don't need to send any data externally or anything -- so I don't need (I assume) any PHP code.
The selected value from the field is simply going to change a variable in the timeline.

Thx

How Do I Validate This 3 Field Form?
Here is my function checkForm.

3 Fields - Name, Message & Email

Name = This should be more than 1 character
Message = This should be more than 1 character
Email = This is booleon set (True or False)

If these 3 Fields meet up to this criteria - I would like it to proceed to the else statement I have below.

I would like a method of validation which is alot more effective than the one used below:

ActionScript Code:
function checkForm() {

var myName = _root.pages_mc.nameField.text;
var myMessage = _root.pages_mc.messageField.text;
var myEmail = _root.pages_mc.emailField.text;

//VALIDATE NAME & MESSAGE FIELD
if (myName == ""){
_root.pages_mc.errorField.text = "Please fill out your name";
Selection.setFocus(_root.pages_mc.nameField);

} else if (checkEmail(myEmail) == false){
_root.pages_mc.errorField.text = "You have entered an invalid email address";

} else if (myMessage == ""){
_root.pages_mc.errorField.text = "Please leave a message";
Selection.setFocus(_root.pages_mc.messageField);

} else if (myEmail == ""){
_root.pages_mc.errorField.text = "Please write your email address";
Selection.setFocus(_root.pages_mc.emailField);

} else {
_root.pages_mc.errorField.text = "";
myXML.firstChild.appendChild(myXML.createElement("entry"));
myXML.firstChild.lastChild.attributes.myName = myName;
myXML.firstChild.lastChild.attributes.myEmail = myEmail;
myXML.firstChild.lastChild.appendChild(myXML.createElement("myText"));
myXML.firstChild.lastChild.lastChild.appendChild(myXML.createTextNode(myMessage));
myXML.sendAndLoad("processXML.php", receiverXML);
}
}

I've tried it running the function above and it seems to process the else statement when the if statements say otherwise. So a better method would be really helpful.

Form Field Focus?
Hi, I was wondering how to make a form field in flash that has text already in it when the form loads, and when the user clicks the field that text dissapears so they can enter their text.

I've also seen these forms that will put the initial text back if no text is entered and the user clicks a different text field.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Form Field Validation And ASP
Hello

I have a simple Flash contact form with name,email, message, etc fields and would like ASP - not Flash - to validate the fields. So if a site visitor completes the form and presses 'submit' while having omitted the @ sign, for example, from his email address, then ASP would tell Flash to display something like 'Please complete the email address field'.

I have some ASP (VB Script) which does this, but how do I pass it to Flash, and how would I get Flash to display it in a simple dynamic text box next to the form? And what happens if more than one field has been incorrectly completed?

Many thanks for any help.

_Postman

Get Form Field Values
Hey Guys,
I'm trying to grab the values of two text fields called "userinput" and "passinput" then turn them into variables.

This is what I have
on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") {
var user = (w.e code i use to grab the value);
var pass = (w.e code i use to grab the value);

then the rest of my code continued blah blah blah

}

If you could help me this would be great.

Form: Active Field
Hy guys!!!
I have made a form with 7 input text boxes.

What i want: when i play the movie i want the first input text box to be "active" (as i have clicked with the mouse in it).

It's attached variable is: "name" .

I don't want to add an animated line outside the text box...

Regards,

http://www.inwww.ltd.uk

Focusing On Form Field
Im building a site with Flash MX and need to simulate the use of the DOS prompt.

In order for this to work, I need the input filed at the prompt to get focus right away. I dont want the user to be forced to mouse click on the field in order to start typing.

Any help would be great.

[AS]add A Form Into Text Field
Hi, I just wondering if I can add a form into a text field, is there anyway to do it? any component or tutorial on this? thank you~

Form Field Out Of FOCUS
I made a form in flash with focus to change the highlight color but i can't set to multiples field

texto=new Array (ncto,cidade)
texto.onSetFocus = function(oldFocus) {
texto.background = true;
texto.backgroundColor = 0x9DCECC;
text.border = true;
texto.borderColor = 0x336699;
texto.textColor = 0x336699;
};
texto.onKillFocus = function(newFocus) {
texto.background = true;
texto.backgroundColor = 0xffffcc;
text.border = true;
texto.borderColor = 0x336699;
texto.textColor = 0x336699;
};

what should be worng?

thanks
molotophy

Highlight Form Field
how can I make a highlight form field.
like when the mouse click in the filed to type the box change color.

thanks in advanced
molotophy

How To Validate A Form's Text Field
I'm not very good with scripting, and am having a problem with a simple form that has 3 states: the form itself; an "invalid" error frame; and a "thanks" frame for successful submissions.

I need to setup 2 conditions for a field, in which the user types in their name. it's named "lotusnotesID".

if the field has any blank spaces, it should goto the "invalid" frame that displays an error message and asks them to retype their ID. if the field doesn't have any periods between their name (e.g. john.m.smith) they should goto the "invalid" frame and retype their ID.

my actions are set up in a button within the form. it reads as follows:

on (press) {
if (lotusnotesID == "Key.SPACE" ne "." ne "") {
gotoAndStop ("invalid");
} else {
loadVariablesNum ("http://creativeservices.accenture.com/client.stage/sfmoma/cdontsMail.asp", 0, "POST");
gotoAndStop ("thanks");
}
}

as far as I can tell, it's setup correctly. the problem is that when I test it, the submit button will take me to the "invalid" frame if the text field contains a space, or is missing a period, or is blank, but once I'm in the "invalid" frame and retype the ID correctly, it won't submit properly and goto the "thanks" frame. also, if I type the name correctly initially, it works fine.

am I using the correct operators? any ideas?

thanks very much,
dan
eeth22@yahoo.com

Attachment Field In A Dynamic Form
I have a CD interface created in flash 5 and a form inserted in it. I want to know if it's possible to add an attachment field with the "Browse" button in the form popop, for allowing the user to attach a file before sending his request..

any idea ?.. a browse button for browsing his HD to attach the file..

thanks for ur time..

Flash Form - File Field
Does anyone know how to create a file field in flash (the the field that has a text box accompanied by a "Browse... " button next to it). I want the user to be able to locate a file and upload it via flash. Thanks!

Code For CC Field In Email Form?
Hello all,

I'm making a simple form that will generate an email in Outlook with the info you filed out.

Here is the code:

email = "";
mailto = "mailto:" add name add "<" add email add ">";
name = "Enter Name";
subject = "Subject of Email";

However, I also want to define who the email will go to in the CC. Anyone know how to do this?

I imagine its pretty simple but i can't get it to work for some reason.

Thanks in advance,

S.

Form Field Required Script ?
I have made a form with 6 different input textboxes in it and i require all the text boxes to be completed before the movie will proceed - I am a little confused with the scripting as to how to get this to work ???

Thanks

Paul

Adding A Field To A Php Simple Form
i have nabbed a simple Php form that anyone can use that allows you to send send your "email address", "name" and a "messages". What i am wanting to do is put in one more field in for a phone number.

I thought if i just looked at the code i should be able to figure it out but simple me is having a bit of trouble.

This is what i am working with:
TEXT FIELDS
3 text fields with the varible names of FirstName, Email and ToComments

ACTION SCRIPT AND PHP FILE SCRIPT
the send button Action script and PhP file script is as shown below

the PHP Script is:

PHP Code:

<?
$ToEmail = "look@protoform.com.au";

$ToSubject = "Mailing list subcriber";

$EmailBody = "Sent By: $FirstName
Senders Email: $Email

Message Sent:
$ToComments
";

mail($ToName." <".$ToEmail.">",$ToSubject, $EmailBody, "From: ".$FirstName." <".$Email.">");

?>

Send button Code
Code:
on (release) {

if (!FirstName.length) {
EmailStatus = "Please Enter your name.";
}

else if (!Email.length || Email.indexOf("@") == -1 || Email.indexOf(".") == -1) {
EmailStatus = "Please enter a valid E-mail";
}

else if (!ToComments.length) {
EmailStatus = "Please enter your message";
}

else {
loadVariablesNum ("MailPHP.php", "0", "Post");
gotoAndPlay(10);
}
}

So there you have it not much there but i really need a Telephone number option.

Thanks in advance

Age

Form Field Text Formatting Help
hello guys and a happy new year

I have once again started tinkering about with another part of my site. the form fields for contact, postnew(forum), postMsg(siteinbox) I am trying to take away the basic formatting sys i have
code:
//Bold but
msgfield.text+=msg+" <b>type bold text here</b>"

Pretty much the same for italic and underline.

Now i have seen a form field somewhere that when you high-light the text and then press the B button and the text gets formatted.
I tried downloading a couple of the text editers from flashcomponents.net but i am still none the wiser.

Anyone know how i can do this

Cheers
Paul

Form Field Text Formatting Help
Hi guys i made a post about this today but didnt get anywhere. i have since got a bit further but still running into problems. i have attached an fla So you can see the problem. I seem to be losing the focus once i press one of the format buttons.
This is not my code more a selection of posts that i have read up on this subject.

code:
myTextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.bold = false;
myTextFormat.italic = false;
myTextFormat.underline = false;

//
textToEdit = msgfield;
Selection.setFocus(textToEdit);
//
function selectText() {
selectedText = Selection.getFocus();
//
trace("textfield path= "+textToEdit);
trace("current select= "+selectedText);
//
if (selectedText == textToEdit) {// Cant seem to get behound here
begin = Selection.getBeginIndex();
end = Selection.getEndIndex();
cursor = Selection.getCaretIndex();
currentFormat = textToEdit.getTextFormat(begin, end);
}
}
//Bold button
b_bold.onRelease = function() {
Selection.setFocus(textToEdit);
Selection.setSelection(begin, end);
myTextFormat = currentFormat;
if (b_bold._currentframe == 1) {
b_bold.gotoAndStop(2);
myTextFormat.bold = true;
textToEdit.setTextFormat(begin, end, myTextFormat);
} else {
b_bold.gotoAndStop(1);
myTextFormat.bold = false;
textToEdit.setTextFormat(begin, end, myTextFormat);
}
};
// Italic button
b_ital.onRelease = function() {
Selection.setFocus(textToEdit);
Selection.setSelection(begin, end);
myTextFormat = currentFormat;
if (b_ital._currentframe == 1) {
b_ital.gotoAndStop(2);
myTextFormat.italic = true;
textToEdit.setTextFormat(begin, end, myTextFormat);
} else {
b_ital.gotoAndStop(1);
myTextFormat.italic = false;
textToEdit.setTextFormat(begin, end, myTextFormat);
}
};
//Underline button
b_und.onRelease = function() {
Selection.setFocus(textToEdit);
Selection.setSelection(begin, end);
myTextFormat = currentFormat;
if (b_und._currentframe == 1) {
b_und.gotoAndStop(2);
myTextFormat.underline = true;
textToEdit.setTextFormat(begin, end, myTextFormat);
} else {
b_und.gotoAndStop(1);
myTextFormat.underline = false;
textToEdit.setTextFormat(begin, end, myTextFormat);
}
};
stop();

Function selectText()

code:
onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
_parent.selectText();
}

Cheers
Paul

Form Field Validation Troubles
Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this code!

I have a simple mailto form in my movie. I am trying to validate 3 form fields. If there is information in all 3, it passes the info to my external php file. If one or more fields is empty I want it to go to my invalid frame and tell the user to fill the required fields, etc. What's happening is that it's not validating, even if no fields are filled out it passes the null information to my php doc and sends me an empty e-mail. Here is the AS that I have on the submit button for the form:

on (release){
if (name_field != "" && email_field != "" && phone_field != "")
{
loadVariablesNum("scripts/thanks.php", 0, "POST");
gotoAndPlay("valid");
}
else
{
gotoAndPlay("invalid");
}
}

It seems like this should work? Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

[F8] Mirror Form Field Entry
Not sure if this is possible but I would like to mirror a form field entry in real time.
I have registration a form where the person enters his/her name, email, username and password and I would like that when the person enters the email address it get entered into the username dynamically in real time.

enters
Email Address: bc@aol.com

dynamically entered in real time
Username: bc@aol.com

I know that there is a is a javascript:copy() function but is this possible in flash?

TabIndex And Input Field In A Form
Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help with this. I've made a form that includes 12 input text fields (3 fields across, 4 rows down) that I'm able to type in when I do the Test Movie feature, but when I "tab" to get to the next field, it skips around in a weird order. I figure it has something to do with TabIndex, but I'm unclear where this goes in the .fla file.

When I click on one of the input fields (in the .fla file) it tells me that "current selections cannot have actions applied to them."

What am I overlooking? I apologize if this question has been asked before. I searched the forums but didn't exactly find the problem I'm having.

I'm somewhat new at the ActionScripting so I'm hoping I post this in the correct forum.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Alice