Flash :: Simple Forms

This Should Be A Simple On (more On Forms...)
Flash MX 2004 Professional (latest update applied)

I'm sure all you gurus out there are absolutely sick of reading flash form questions ... probably just as sick as I am of reading tutorials that I just can't get to work.

I am redesigning my new site completely in Flash (with an html-based sidekick site for dialup users). On the html site, I can easily get the small form to work - not so much luck in flash. I need to be able to pass form data (just a text input and combo box along with 2 static 'variables') to a php script and I simply cannot get it to work. This is a simple domain registration form. Nothing fancy, no validation ... The required elements (per html) are:

<form method="post" action="https://domain.com/billing/order/orderwiz.php">

// -------my two static entries that need to be passed------- \
<input type="hidden" name="v" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="submit_domain" value="register">

// -------domain name from user input (text input)------- \
<input type="text" name="domain" value="">

// -------my combo box options------- \
<select name="tld_extension">
<option value="com">.com</option>
<option value="net">.net</option>
<option value="org">.org</option>
<option value="info">.info</option>
<option value="biz">.biz</option>
<option value="us">.us</option>
</select>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go!">
</form>

I would like this to send the user and his variables to the php page. I would post what I have tried, but I would like to see a fresh start on this instead of trying to fix my poorly written code. Find the format that I have been working with below (all previous AS stripped out) (please keep reponses simple and stupid - kinda the way I feel right now ) Your help is greatly appreciated

Download layout fla here.

Simple Forms To Email
I am trying to create a simple web page with 2 input text fields at the bottom for users to input a company name and donation amount. I have these created in flash mx2004 version 7 but I don't know what actions to attach to them to have the information users input transferred to an email address. Any help would be appreciated.

Shannon

Looking For A Tutorial On Simple Forms
I am looking for a tutorial that will introduce me to setting up a simple feedback form in Flash MX and that hopefully covers sending the gathered user input to FormMail.

The tutorials I have seen so far, seem to concentrate on radio buttons, combo boxes, check boxes, styling, etc., as opposed to text boxes and textareas and how to send results somewhere.

Any suggestions?

A Few Questions In Regards To Forms: Simple
Stop animation repeating:

-if i want to fade my form using an alpha of 0% starting out then 10 frames later fade to 100% alpha, then how do i make it so it doesnt repeat itself? instead do it once as the form is loaded.

text component trouble:

i have text fields im using as input text fields. a tutorial that i learned from told me to start out by making a button and place the text in the up frame. this way when i drag the text button onto the frame i can fade it and do other things as its a symbol..

Problem

doing this i end up with TWO instance names, one on the button symbol and one when i drag it onto the scene. which one am i using? also in the code am i making my own variable or am i using the one i specified in the button scene

i put my questions down below

PHP Code:

function onSubmit()
{

    // Initialize form variables:
    formData = new LoadVars();

    //ok so is this a variable i make up now or am i using the one i gave to the text box button?
    formData.name = "";

    // Get textbox info:
    //is txtname the instance name of the textbox? if so which instance name? the one on the scene or the button
    formData.name  = txtname.getValue();

last question:

do i put the code in the frame/scene rather than the actualy submit button?

Flash Forms And Simple If Else Condition
I created a Flash form for users to fill out. When the form is submitted they leave the movie. I want to return users back to a specific frame in the flash movie after the form has been submitted.

I have control over the redirect URL after the form submits and I can dynamically provide variables in an ASP file.

The variables print properly in a dynamic text box so I know the values are coming across.

I tried to solve my problem by pulling variables from an ASP file and then using those values to take the user to the thank you page or the primary content. If var0 = 1 then take them to the thank you page, else take them back to the primary content. The way I am doing it below doesn't work...

Any suggestions?

loadVariablesNum ("variables.asp", 0);
if (var0 = 1) {
gotoAndPlay (10);
stop ();
} else {
gotoAndPlay (5);
stop ();
}

Simple Question About Referencing Forms
I have what I hope is a simple question. Could someone please provide a primer on how to reference forms (and things contained in forms) in AS2? Specifically, I am having trouble referencing a form loaded into another form. Here is my form structure:

Application
Form1
Form2

Loaded into Form1 is an swf containing another set of forms, with this structure:

NewApplication
NewForm1
NewForm2

So, how do I reference NewForm1 from Application and vice versa?

Thanks.

-Brian

Simple Forms Not Working On Flash 8?
Hello,

i'm trying to make a simple form, using the old but effective tutorials scattered around... I've developed forms successfuly in the past, but now the same procedures doesn't seem to work.. the strange thing is that the source files of the tutorials work, but my application doesn't; to be more precise, it works, but the mail i'm receiving back is blank, just the strings declared in the PHP file; tracing within flash, the loadVars object contains all the correct data, but somewhere in the road it gets lost. Does anybody knows the answer for this problem? I know almost nothing of PHP

Here's the code I've got (based upon a tutorial by CyanBlue)

ActionScript Code:
_global.sndMail = function(hasta) {
var pqte = new LoadVars();
for (i=1; i<=hasta; i++) {
var nTemp = tsp["c"+i].ct.text;
pqte[nTemp] = tsp["i"+i].text;
}
pqte.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
trace("Email Sent!!!");
} else {
trace("Problem sending an Email!!!");
}
};
pqte.sendAndLoad("form.php", pqte, "POST");
};

tracing unescape(pqte) yields this

PHP Code:

");

        }

    }

    else

    {

        echo("This script runs only in Flash!!!");

    }

?>

=&");

        }

        else

        {

            echo("=&result=2&<?php

    if ($_POST)

    {

        $mailTo = "berrios@instrumental.cl";

        $mailSubject = "[Contact] Website Contact from - (" . $_POST['NOMBRE'] . ")";



        $Header = "MIME-Version: 1.0
";

        $Header .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
";

        $Header .= "From: " . $_POST['E-MAIL'] . "
";



        $output = "<BR>";

        $output .= "De    : " . $_POST['NOMBRE'] . "<BR><BR>";

        $output .= "e-mail   : " . $_POST['E-MAIL'] . "<BR><BR>";

        $output .= "comentario : " . $_POST['comentario'] . "<BR><BR>";



        $output = nl2br($output);



        if (e-mail($mailTo, $mailSubject, stripslashes($output), $Header))

        {

            echo("&onLoad=[type Function]&COMENTARIO=HERE I WROTE MY COMMENT&EMPRESA=HERE I WROTE MY COMPANY NAME&E-MAIL=HERE I WROTE MY E-MAIL&NOMBRE=HERE I WROTE MY NAME
Email Sent!!!

The text is sent with all caps, so i tried to change some variables to all caps and others not for testing purposes... i didn't add the "company" field because the example php file had only three fields, wanted them to work before changing more things around...

Thanks in advance,

Sir Patroclo

Anyone Had Experience With Forms And Flash? Simple Problem I Think
hello friends,
i've created a flash form that im using to send four variables to a php script.. I am having some trouble sending the
variables to the script.. In fact, i cant get it to work at all.
I have created the file
http://members.optushome.com.au/panus/flash.swf
The drop down buttons are set in the movie mode which i think is correct, along with the submit button.
I looked up what action script I should use but found many different ones. I tested a couple of them out but they don't
seem to submit anything at all, the submit button isn't functioning. It's like the submit button isnt attaching itself
to the values of the drop down buttons, and then not submitting..

I tried using

On (Release)
Load Variables ("mailto:form.php", 1, vars=POST)
End On

I'm pretty new to flash and was hoping for a little help.

the flash file is located here if you want to have a look
http://members.optushome.com.au/panus/flash.fla

regards

-n

Flash "forms" Behavior - Simple Main Frame Sim
I have a Flash object that is emulating a main frame application. I have the user tab to a particular spot, enter a value, and if the value is correct, I send the user to another frame in the object. If the value is not correct, the user is alerted and directed to correct the entered value.

The actionscript involved uses text objects which listen for values; once anything at all is entered in the target text area, the last of 4, the focus shifts to a hidden button. The button is supposed to respond to the user striking ENTER by testing the value of the text area and responding accordingly.

The problem: although the button receives the focus, it does not respond to the ENTER key. The code for the button and the text area are below (the text and the button are in the same layer).

Button code:

PHP Code:

on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") {
     // assign text entered to variable for testing
     newPathCEc = text4_CE26c_var;
     if (newPathCEc == "S") {
          //jump to next frame, frame 10
          gotoAndStop(10);
     } else {
          loadMovieNum("../images/feedback_incorrect_daace26c.swf", 4);
     }
}

Code for textbox:

PHP Code:

stop();
//set focus on first text area
Selection.setFocus(text1_CE26c);
inputButton_CE26c._focusrect = false;
unloadMovieNum(4);
inputButton_CE26c._focusrect = false;

//prevent text in all but the last test region, allowing all to receive the tabbed cursor

text1_CE26c.restrict = " ^A-Z 0-9";
text2_CE26c.restrict = " ^A-Z 0-9";
text3_CE26c.restrict = " ^A-Z 0-9";
text4_CE26c.restrict = " A-Z";

text1_CE26c.tabIndex = 1;
text2_CE26c.tabIndex = 2;
text3_CE26c.tabIndex = 3;
text4_CE26c.tabIndex = 4;

//code to direct tabbing action so user moves through subsequent text areas

increment = 0;
keyListener1_CE26c = new Object();
Key.addListener(keyListener1_CE26c);
keyListener1_CE26c.onKeyDown = function() {
     a = Key.getCode();
     if (a == 40 || a == 9) {
          next = increment++;
          Selection.setFocus("text"+next+"_CE26c");
          //Selection.removeListener(textboxListener);
     }
};

// send focus to hidden button if the user types anything into the last text region
textListener4_CE26c = new Object();
text4_CE26c.addListener(textListener4_CE26c);

textListener4_CE26c.onChanged = function() {
     if (text4_CE26c.length == 1) {
          Selection.setFocus(inputButton_CE26c);
          //trace("I've changed");
          Selection.removeListener(textListener4_CE26c);
     }
};

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.

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)
__
__
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