Flash :: Looking For A Tutorial On Simple Forms

Help With Tutorial (Forms)
I cannot figure out the tutorial. I think I am messing up in the part were I have to put in the script for the send button.

on (release) {
loadVariablesNum ("http://www.server.com/cgi-bin/myform.cgi", 1, "POST");
}

This is what the tutorial said to put in- but How do I configure the script for. Were do I change it and with what.

Also it said load variables notloadVariablesNum- I don't know the difference.

This is the url of the tutorial

http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Dy...15/more3.shtml

Tutorial On Forms. . .
if any one can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.

I need to make some forms inside flash, and send the info, out via email, without cgi scripts. (yahoo! hosting doesn't use cgi?!?!?)

if you know of any sites or tutorial that cover this please let me know. . .

thanks in advance

Darin

Good Tutorial For Cgi/forms?
hi,

i've been looking for a good tutorial on creating a form in flash and sending variables to a cgi script. last time i tried this, i could not, for the life of me, get it to work, so i ended up just making a contact page with an email link. but this is a different client, and i really want to be able to get it to work this time. does anyone know of a really good tutorial out there, one that shows how to send variables to the cgi script, and also doesn't require editing of the cgi script? (i found what seemed like a good one, but they made you edit the cgi script!)

thanks so much,

heather

Simple Forms
Can anyone help? I am working my way through the simple form tutorial, and I am stuck on the section where I attach script to the send button. The last two commands, "End if" and "End on" dont appear to there to select. I am using Flash 5, has this changed in the update from 4 to 5?
If anyone could help it would be fantastic.

Thanks
Alan

Simple Forms
I am only a beginner so i dont know, but can i make a form in flash that users can type into and then send it directly to my email account with out the use of C.G.I
Obviously components would come into it somewhere.

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

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);
     }
};

//Simple Date By Asp Tutorial
Here is the ASP tutorial:
PART1-------------------------
1)make a Flash movie w/ a MC named date
2)inside the MC make two action frames
1st frame action= loadVariables("http://www.sdginteractive.com/date.asp", "");
2nd frame action= stop();

3)make a 2nd layer w/ a dynamic text box spanning across both layers name it date if you like, doesnt matter though.
PART2---------------------------
1)opem up note pad and paste the followin asp code

date=<%=formatdatetime(now(),vblongdate)%>

2) save the document as date.asp
3) upload the .asp page to your server in the same place you have the loadvariable URL!! I have the zip for download here>>>>
http://www.sdginteractive.com/date.zip

Simple Tutorial For Scroll Bar
hello,
i am looking for simple tutorial for a scroll bar , that works like a frame. I'm thinking it will have a movie clip and a mask, and a button to make it scroll up and a button to make it scroll down. Can anyone help

Looking For A Flames Tutorial & Other Simple Q
Hi

Does anyone know where I can find a good tutorial of about how to create a cartoony animated flame effect in flash ?

Any help would be great!

Also is there any way to create a vector image in fireworks and import it into flash as a vector when i import it comes in as a png and doesnt look as good stretched!

Seeking Simple Tutorial :)
Hi All!

I need to create a colour swatch, whereby a user can choose a color either through a droplet tool or actually typing the RGB values. This then needs to set the color of a seperate block object [square].

I've had a look around but can only find tutorials for complete paint packages and being the complete novice to actionscripting makes it far to complicated for me to understand.

If anyone can point me in the right direction then it would be most appreciated!

Thks
z3ph.

[F8] Simple Variables Tutorial
Yesterday, I wrote a simple tutorial for Flash beginners, about simple variables in AS2. Now, I've only been learning AS2 since last Sunday, so I was wondering whether this tutorial is accurate, and helpful.

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Link: http://faelprojects.co.uk/astut/astut1.html

Looking For Simple Gallery Tutorial
Hi, i'm relatively new to flash and i'm looking for a simple tutorial that could teach me how to make a gallery.

Thing is I have looked all over the net for a tutorial that will teach me what I need. What I need is a gallery that has thumbnails that, when clicked on, opens up the image in a designated spot or in another window.

Now I thought i'd make the gallery using javascript that opens up the images in another window, but the problem is this script doesn't seem to work on MACs and in Explorer...

I tried using a tutorial shown on Kirupa with the slidding thumbnails but I can't figure out how to load images in the center because some images have different sizes and orientation...

Would be great help if someone could point me in the right direction! Thanks in advance!

Can't Get A Simple Tutorial To Work?
I am trying to use a button example from "Actionscript 3 Cookbook" Oreilley.

And I have attached the zip archive of the files I have made:

"testButton.fla" "SimpleButtonDemo.as" "TestButton.as"

Here is a bit of code that is found in "TestButton.as" where I am trying to trace a statement after the function returns a variable named: sprite for the buttons upState.

If I do a trace statement before the return it traces okay.

Nothing displays. Any help very much appreciated.

thanks.

Stocking In A Simple Tutorial
i just created a car , and set keyframes at 25 and 35 .. tween is motion.. i want that it fade out.. another car fades in at the same time.. how can i do that.. tried the help but dont find any help

flashmx_tutorials.pdf but iam using cs3 as the company i work for parttime dont have mx

really need some help

Simple Event Tutorial
I just completed a little custom event tutorial for AS3.
http://www.blurredistinction.com/wordpress

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Dave -
www.offroadfire.com
Head Developer
http://www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

(Simple) Tutorial On AttachMovie
I made this for a friend a few minutes ago who was asking about duplicating items. I commented the lump of code and just realized that it might help some people. This is really simple, so it won't be much help for more advanced users. But if you're new and/or learning AS, it might be useful.

As always, if you have questions, feel free to ask

Simple Scroll Bar Tutorial
I followed this tutorial http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/scrollbar.htm

My question is how would i change the initial postion of the content and the scroll bar to start in the middle?

heres a diagram

------------------------^

blah balh blah
blah blah blah
Middle of the content-- [ ]
blah blah blah
blha blha blha
blah blah blah

-----------------------^

Simple Scroller Tutorial Help Please
I've followed the tutorial on how to create a simple scrollbar but I'm having trouble making it work properly. The scroll bar starts in the middle of the page and will only scroll down and off of the movie. The up and down buttons do not work properly either. I am attaching my fla in the hopes someone could help me.
It's probably something in the actionscript that I don't know enough about to make the neccesary changes.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

P

Simple Scrollbar Tutorial
Ok first of all I'd like to thank Kirupa for a great tutorial!

This has to do with the Simple Scrollbar Tutorial .

My problem is that, when I add a dynamic textbox into the content mc, it won't show up. Any idea what the cause might be, and if so, what is the fix?

Thanks!

Simple Scrollbar Tutorial
So i did the kirupa tutorial on simple scrollbar. It works until i extend the flash doc size so that the scrollbar mc is no longer at the top. i imagine this means that the scroll face and the content are not synchronized, but i dont know what changes to make so that they are. I found this problem as i wanted to integrate this scroll bar into a site,

any help would be awesome
thanks

Simple Tutorial On Trajectory?
I am having trouble making a missle gradually fall down.

Can someone direct me to some simple tuts on that? Or at least tell me what I am looking for. I've found some on gravity, but they are usually about things fall straight down. I found some good things on decay, but nothing that really helped.

I want to shoot something from a cannon and have it eventually start to fall. The few I have found were unnecessarily too difficult.

Lee's Simple XML Basiscs Tutorial...
I get undefined and picture disapears when i press the previous button when the first photo of the array is showing. same with the next button, it should do nothing when it reached the length of the array. Help a little.

here's my code:

Code:

var x:XML = new XML();
x.ignoreWhite = true;

var urls:Array = new Array();
var captions:Array = new Array();
var whoIsOn:Number;

x.onLoad = function() {
var photos:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
for(i=0;i<photos.length;i++) {
   urls.push(photos[i].attributes.url);
   captions.push(photos[i].attributes.caption);
}
holder.loadMovie(urls[0]);
caption.text = captions[0];
whoIsOn = 0;
}

x.load("img.xml");

previous.onRelease = function() {
if (whoIsOn > 0);{
   whoIsOn--
   holder.loadMovie(urls[whoIsOn]);
   captions.text = caption[whoIsOn];
}
}
next.onRelease = function() {
if (whoIsOn < urls.length-1);{
   whoIsOn++
   holder.loadMovie(urls[whoIsOn]);
   captions.text = caption[whoIsOn];
}
}

the XML:
Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<slideshow>
<photo url="img1.jpg" caption="Ha 11" />
<photo url="img2.jpg" caption="Ha 22" />
<photo url="img3.jpg" caption="Ha 33" />
<photo url="img4.jpg" caption="Ha 44" />
<photo url="img5.jpg" caption="Ha 55" />
</slideshow>

Simple Flash Tutorial
Just was wondering if anyone knows of a flash training tutorial that would explain how to do something like microsoft is doing on microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx. Mostly with sliding the viewpoint between the two products vista/office.

Thanks all

Movah

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?

Tutorial For A Simple Drop Down Menu?
I'm looking for a tutorial for a simple drop down menu and I can't find one. Looked all over flashkit and flashplanet. All I want is something that when rolled over will drop down a sub-menu of more buttons. Anyone know where I can find something simple like this.
Thanks

Simple Preloader Tutorial Needed
I have absolutely NO idea of how to make a preloader in Flash.... Can someone please help me with a SIMPLE preload-tutorial??? Thanks!
Toris
toris61@hotmail.com

A Simple Flash Navigation Tutorial
Hi guys, I'm a newbie but don't be too hard on me.

I've been browsing around flashkit.com for a couple days and haven't come across a simple navigation tutorial that shows a step-by-step process of making a flash navigation with mouseover effects/animation, commands, etc. I'm not sure how to explain it but I guess an example would be at this page, the 4 bottom buttons... even something as simple as that would suffice for now. Anyway, if anyone can direct me to a good tutorial for that or even help me out with it, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time!

Can't Find ONE Tutorial On How To Do This Simple Thing
I've seen tute after tute on how to make a preloader by detecting if all the frames of scene 'x' is loaded, and if loaded, it goes to play that scene.

BUT, I have a movie with like 7 scenes, so how in the world do I make sure all of them are loaded before it starts to play them entire movie? Because all I can do now, is make sure the first scene is loaded, but that doesn't do me any good when the next 6 scenes start trying to play, but aren't pre-loaded.

PLEASE HELP !!!

Thanks a bunch.

Need A Simple Music Toggle On/Off Tutorial
I want to have a music loop (in event not streaming because streaming sucks) that reapeats the typical 1000 or such times and I want it to load when the page starts up automatically. But, I want the person to be able to stop it, but ALSO be able to start it back up again.

Is there a place to show me this or an easy way?

Thanks

Anyone Know Of A Simple Flash Guestbook Tutorial?
i found a few tutorials for guestbooks but they are far more then i want to make, i just need a little thing with a name field and an entry field, and a place to scroll through the entries... just like a little shoutbox thing...

anyone know of any tutorials for this?

Simple Horizontal Menu - Need Tutorial
hello! I'm just hoping someone might be able to point me in the direction of a tutorial which could show me how to make a simple menu in the style of the the attached example. I basically want sub menus to pop up when the cursor hovers over the main menu items.

Sorry if this is a really simple question - i just can't seem to find a tutorial that makes this particular menu, although i've seen stacks of sites that use it.

Any advice would be very gratefully received!

Lizzyd

P.S. Am a complete newbie so the simpler the better!

Good, Simple Tutorial Websites...
anybody know what the best ones are for a complate n00b to flash?

http://www.travian.co.uk/?uc=ukx_14957
clcik the link ^^^ it's a great game

Simple Scroll Bar & Button Tutorial
I'm looking for a simple tutorial on creating three scroll buttons for my scroll text (up arrow, down arrow & a scroll bar). Some of the tutorials I've come across are missing steps on how do apply the action script or are too complicated.

Please send me a simple tutorial or point me in the right direction (by the way, I'm using Flash MX).

Thanks!

Looking For Simple Drop Down Menu Tutorial
hello all,
I am looking for a simple drop down menu tutorial. I am using Flash MX 2004 and Freeway to build a site.
I have looked and searched this forum and my MX but can't find one.
thanks,
AL

Simple MX 2004 Gallery Tutorial
Hello

I am looking for a fairly simple MX 2004 tutorial on creating a photo gallery which would show several thumbnails which, when one of them is clicked, it would show a larger image.

I have looked online and those I have found are not compatible with MX 2004 or the FLA file is not available.

Thanks for any help.

Steve

Tutorial: Simple Custom Scrollbar
I recently created a simple custom scrollbar using the Flash Tutorial found on this site. My scrollbar (and the one in the tutorial) works fine except when there is enough information (for example: text) inside the movie clip contentMain to make its height greater than 1640. Any information that extends below H= 1640 appears invisible when one tests the movie.

Since I am not very versed in ActionScript, I was wondering if any of you who are could check to see if this is an application bug or a problem with the script in the tutorial.

Thanks.