Forms in Flash

But how do I make the fields which I create in the authoring environment be governed by the action script which communicates with the php form?

you can create textfields in the authoring environment or with actionscript. the code to do that with actionscript is above.

do you know how to create static and input textfields in the authoring environment? you can give the textfields any instance name you want but yes, you would usually pick something easy to remember and type and something that gives you an idea of that textfields role in your project.

But how do I create the text fields which will carry out this action script? Do I just create text input fields with the instance names of "Store_Name", "Attention", "Address", "City", "State", "Zip_Code", "Telephone", "Fax", and "EMail"?

you're probably most comfortable using the authoring environment to create the on-stage objects, so you should just do that.

in your submit button you'll create a loadVars object (say sendLV) and assign its properties and values using your textfield text properties.

you can then use:

receiveLV=new LoadVars();
sendLV.sendAndLoad("php/email.php",receiveLV,"_POST");

// and you can use the onLoad() method of receiveLV to ensure the data have been sent successfully.

That's fantastic. Thank you.

Now how do I customize the appearance of the form in the website? I see you have drawn the fields with action script, but how do I now customize them to match the look and feel of my site?

That's fantastic. Thank you.

Now how do I customize the appearance of the form in the website? I see you have drawn the fields with action script, but how do I now customize them to match the look and feel of my site?

ok, the email form is working on their website.

i uploaded form.html and form.swf to the main directory (var/www/html) and email.php to var/www/html/php.

if you naviagate with a browser to

http://www.elizabethandhomer.com/form.html

you'll see the form. if you fill out the form fields and click submit the info is sent to the email address in email.php. currently the recipient's email address is set as mareno76@hotmail.com.

Hi kglad,

Sorry it took a while to get back to you with this info. I had to get the ftp info from my client. Here is the correct info...

Username: ihsmith%elizabethandhomer.com
Password: ihsmith

Thanks very much for helping me with this..

Kit

no, i tried those originally and received a "wrong user name" message from the server.

The username/password is the same for the ftp as far as I know--let me know
if this isn't what you need, and I'll contact the customer support people.

Hostname: elizabethandhomer.com
Username: ihsmith
Password: ihsmith