Making Guestbook In Flash?
I want to know how guestbooks can be made out of flash.
or anything in which the user can input text and that text remains in the flash movie forever. Is that hard to do?
thank you guys...
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Posted on: 06-02-2003, 12:30 PM
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hi all..
can one trythis.
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I don't know about CF but i can do programming things
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and add entries button.
In frame 1--the text fields names are
Name = new_name
Email = new_email
Comments = new_comments
and on click of the add entries i have the following action
on (release) {
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}
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************************
=========
In Insert.cfm
=========
<cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="Yes">
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$DBuser = ""; // Database User
$DBpass = ""; // Database Pass
$DBName = ""; // Database Name
$table = "guestbook"; // Database Table
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$i++;
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$sql = 'INSERT INTO ' . $table .
' (`ID`,
`name`,
`email`,
`comments`,
`time`
)
VALUES
('','
. ''' . $name . '','
. ''' . $email . '','
. ''' . $comments . '','
. ''' . $submitted_on . ''
)';
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// Email Script Begin
$MyName = "Myname";
$MyEmail = "myemail.com";
$Subject = "$name has just signed your guestbook.";
$EmailBody = "Hello Name,
$name has just signed your guestbook available at http://www.myweb.com. THe following were the details submitted into your guestbook:
Name: $name
Email: $email
Comment:
$comments
";
$EmailFooter = "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The guestbook was signed by $name and thus this email got activated by $name from $REMOTE_ADDR from http://www.myweb.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanking you,
My namer";
$Message = $EmailBody.$EmailFooter;
mail($MyName." <".$MyEmail.">",$Subject, $Message, "From: ".$name." <".$email.">");
// Email Script End
print "&gb_status=Thank you for signing my guestbook.&done=yes&";
return;
}
print "&_root.write.gb_status=Error!&";
break;
}
?>
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ty
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Code:
//****************************************************************************
//Copyright (C) 2004 Macromedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
//The following is Sample Code and is subject to all restrictions on
//such code as contained in the End User License Agreement accompanying
//this product.
//****************************************************************************
/*
PHP and Flash example
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*/
stop();
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import mx.controls.*;
// define the component instances on the Stage.
var name_ti:TextInput;
var email_ti:TextInput;
var url_ti:TextInput;
var comments_ta:TextArea;
var clear_button:Button;
var submit_button:Button;
var name_label:Label;
var email_label:Label;
var url_label:Label;
var comments_label:Label;
//set color of labels
name_label.setStyle("color", "0xFFFFFF");
email_label.setStyle("color", "0xFFFFFF");
url_label.setStyle("color", "0xFFFFFF");
comments_label.setStyle("color", "0xFFFFFF");
// set the tabbing order for the components
this.name_ti.tabIndex = 1;
this.email_ti.tabIndex = 2;
this.url_ti.tabIndex = 3;
this.comments_ta.tabIndex = 4;
this.clear_button.tabIndex = 5;
this.submit_button.tabIndex = 6;
// set the default form focus to the name_ti TextInput instance, and set the default button to the submit button.
Selection.setFocus(name_ti);
focusManager.defaultPushButton = submit_button;
// when the post_mc or view_mc movie clip's are clicked and released, goto the appropriate named frame label.
post_mc.onRelease = function() {
this._parent.gotoAndStop("post");
};
view_mc.onRelease = function() {
this._parent.gotoAndStop("view");
};
// when the clear button is clicked, set the form fields to empty strings.
var clearBtnListener:Object = new Object();
clearBtnListener.click = function(evt:Object) {
name_ti.text = "";
email_ti.text = "";
url_ti.text = "";
comments_ta.text = "";
};
this.clear_button.addEventListener("click", clearBtnListener);
// when the submit button is clicked, send the form values to the server using a LoadVars object.
var postBtnListener:Object = new Object();
postBtnListener.click = function(evt:Object) {
// if the name is blank, display an error message using the Alert component.
if (name_ti.text.length == 0) {
Selection.setFocus(name_ti);
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return false;
}
// make sure the user has filled in either the email_ti or url_ti TextInput instances.
if ((email_ti.text.length == 0) && (url_ti.text.length == 0)) {
Selection.setFocus(email_ti);
Alert.show("Please enter your Email Address or URL.", "Error", Alert.OK);
return false;
}
// make sure the comments_ta TextArea instance isn't blank.
if (comments_ta.text.length == 0) {
Selection.setFocus(comments_ta);
Alert.show("Please enter your Comments.", "Error", Alert.OK);
return false;
}
// if all the required fields have been filled in, create a LoadVars object instance and populate it.
var send_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
send_lv.name = name_ti.text;
send_lv.email = email_ti.text;
send_lv.url = url_ti.text;
send_lv.comments = comments_ta.text;
send_lv.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
// if the comments were sent to the server and you received a response, clear the form fields and display an Alert message.
if (success) {
name_ti.text = "";
email_ti.text = "";
url_ti.text = "";
comments_ta.text = "";
Alert.show("Thank you for your comments.", "Success", Alert.OK);
} else {
// else you encountered an error while submitting to the server.
Alert.show("Unable to process your comments at this time.", "Server Error", Alert.OK);
}
};
// send the variables from Flash to the remote PHP template.
send_lv.sendAndLoad("http://www.flash2004.com/dev/guestbook/gb_insert.php", send_lv, "POST");
};
this.submit_button.addEventListener("click", postBtnListener);
The Code From the View Page:
Code:
//****************************************************************************
//Copyright (C) 2004 Macromedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
//The following is Sample Code and is subject to all restrictions on
//such code as contained in the End User License Agreement accompanying
//this product.
//****************************************************************************
stop();
var guestbook_ta:mx.controls.TextArea;
// create an XML object instance which is used to load comments from a remote server.
var guestbook_xml:XML = new XML();
guestbook_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
guestbook_xml.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
var numEntries = this.firstChild.childNodes.length;
// loop through each of the entries from the XML packet...
for (var i = 0; i<numEntries; i++) {
// create a shortcut to the current child node
var entry_xml:XMLNode = this.firstChild.childNodes[i].childNodes;
/* set local variables for the name, email address, url, comments and timestamp.
Since you know the structure of the XML packet, you know the index of each of these child nodes. */
var name_string:String = entry_xml[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
var emailaddress_string:String = entry_xml[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
var url_string:String = entry_xml[3].firstChild.nodeValue;
var comments_string:String = entry_xml[4].firstChild.nodeValue;
var datetime_string:String = entry_xml[6].firstChild.nodeValue;
// the "entry_string" variable is used to hold the HTML formatted contents of the current guestbook entry
var entry_string:String = "<p>";
entry_string += "<span>"+name_string+"</span><br>";
// if the email address isn't blank, append it to the current entry_string variable.
if ((emailaddress_string != undefined) && (emailaddress_string.length>0)) {
entry_string += "<a href="mailto:"+emailaddress_string+"" target="_blank">email</a><br>";
}
// if the url isn't blank, append it to the current entry_string variable.
if ((url_string != undefined) && (url_string.length>0)) {
// if the first five characters of the URL aren't "http:", set the prefix to "http://".
var prefix_string:String = (url_string.substr(0, 5) != "http:") ? "http://" : "";
entry_string += "<a href=""+prefix_string+url_string+"" target="_blank">url</a><br>";
}
entry_string += comments_string+"<br>";
entry_string += "<i>"+datetime_string+"</i><br>";
entry_string += "</p>";
// draw a horizontal line after each guestbook entry.
entry_string += "<img src="line_gr"><br>";
// append each current entry to the current value of guestbook_ta
guestbook_ta.text += entry_string+"<br>";
}
} else {
trace("error loading XML");
}
};
// load the guestbook XML entries from the remote server.
guestbook_xml.load("http://www.flash2004.com/dev/guestbook/gb_select.php");
// create a new instance of the TextField.StyleSheet object.
var styleObj = new TextField.StyleSheet();
styleObj.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
guestbook_ta.styleSheet = styleObj;
}
};
// load the external style sheet
styleObj.load("styles.css");
And the XML :
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<guestbook entries="1">
<entry>
<id></id>
<name></name>
<emailaddress></emailaddress>
<url></url>
<comments></comments>
<ipaddress></ipaddress>
<datetime></datetime>
</entry>
</guestbook>
Please how the PHP file might be?!
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is there anyone here who knows how to make a guest book using flash passing data to an asp(using vbscript)? any help would be great!
Guestbook Only With Flash ?
Well ... i'm making a web site for a pub, and i want to insert a simple guestbook, so that the visitors can leave a message what they think about the pub. Can i make it only with flash without php or something else ??
if somewhere is a tutorial please give me the adress
Flash Guestbook
hi everyone. i need some help please! i'm trying to create a guestbook in flash but i'm having trouble sending the data to my asp file.
explanation:
i have 2 textfields in flash. txtName and txtEmail.
on the submit button i placed the code
on (release) {
loadvariablesnum("add.asp","post",0);
gotoURL("add.asp");
}
then on my asp file i placed the codes
dim Name, Email
Name = request.form.item("txtName");
EMail = request.form.item("txtEmail");
and so on...
here's the problem, i think the data is not being passed on to the asp file. does anyone have a suggestion?
Flash/PHP/XML Guestbook HELP
I created a guestbook without using mySQL by following the tutorial on this site: http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml_guestbook.htm
This is the action I gave to the first frame of the movie created to send the message:
var currPage = 0;
var showAmount = 10;
previous._visible = false;
createMessage._visible = false;
createButton.onRelease = function(){
this._visible = false;
this._parent.createMessage._visible = true;
if (createMessage.nameField.text == ""){
Selection.setFocus(createMessage.nameField);
}
else if (createMessage.messageField.text == ""){
Selection.setFocus(createMessage.messageField);
}
}
Then, I opened a XML file in Dreamweaver and used this:
myXML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
receiverXML = new XML();
myXML.onLoad = function(success){
myXML.contentType = "text/xml";
if (success){
this.showXML();
}
else{
trace("Error loading XML file");
}
}
myIdentifier=Math.round(Math.random()*10000);
myXML.load("guestbook.xml?uniq="+myIdentifier);
receiverXML.onLoad = function(){
this.contentType = "text/xml";
_root.currPage = 0;
this.showXML();
}
createMessage.closeButton.onRelease = function(){
this._parent._visible = false;
createButton._visible = true;
}
createMessage.sendButton.onRelease = function(){
var myName = this._parent.nameField.text;
var myMessage = this._parent.messageField.text;
if (myName == ""){
this._parent.errorField.text = "please fill out your name";
Selection.setFocus(this._parent.nameField);
}
else if (myMessage == ""){
this._parent.errorField.text = "please leave a message";
Selection.setFocus(this._parent.messageField);
}
else {
myXML.firstChild.appendChild(myXML.createElement("entry"));
myXML.firstChild.lastChild.attributes.myName = myName;
myXML.firstChild.lastChild.appendChild(myXML.createElement("myText"));
myXML.firstChild.lastChild.lastChild.appendChild(myXML.createTextNode(myMessage));
myXML.sendAndLoad("processXML.php", receiverXML);
this._parent._visible = false;
createButton._visible = true;
}
}
XML.prototype.showXML = function(){
myGuestbook.scroll = 1;
myGuestbook.htmlText = "";
var numItems = this.firstChild.childNodes.length;
var firstItem = numItems - (currPage*showAmount);
if (currPage == 0) previous._visible = false;
var lastItem = firstItem - showAmount ;
if (lastItem<=0) {
lastItem = 0;
next._visible = false;
}
myCount.text = "Total messages: " + numItems;
if (firstItem == lastItem+1) nowShowing.text = "Showing message " + firstItem;
else nowShowing.text = "Showing message " + firstItem + " to " + (lastItem + 1);
for (i=(firstItem-1); i>= lastItem; i--){
myGuestbook.htmlText += "<B>" + this.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.myName + "</B> wrote:
";
myGuestbook.htmlText += this.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue + "
";
}
}
previous.onRelease = function(){
currPage--;
myXML.showXML();
next._visible = true;
}
next.onRelease = function(){
currPage++;
myXML.showXML();
previous._visible = true;
}
**I saved it as guestbook.xml**
Last, I opened a PHP file, cleared it and used this:
<?php
$xmlString = $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA;
if (is_null($xmlString)) {
print "No data was sent";
}
else {
$file = fopen("guestbook.xml", "w+") or die("Can't open XML file");
if(!fwrite($file, $xmlString)){
print "Error writing to XML-file";
}
print $xmlString."
";
fclose($file);
}
?>
**I saved it as processXML.php**
I go to the page on my server - http://www.russellandjenna.com/Guestbook.html, and hit the "Add New Message" button (which has createButton' instance name) and nothing happens...any suggestions??? Thanks!
It says to put an instance name of createMessage for the movieclip, but where do I add an instance name for that if it's not on the main stage? Could this be the problem?
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