Re: FLASH: Personalizing Once Again Clarification

[Jonathan Rose]

Thanks Cheri, very helpful. Here is a follow up for you and anyone else

following this thread. Is there a way to write the variable (similar to a

document.write in JavaScript) without having a named text field to write it to.

For instance, I don't want the line of copy to read:


Welcome "ugly text box with name here" thank you for taking the quiz.


Is it possible to make the outline and color of the text box invisible? Thanks

again!


Cheri Harder wrote:


> Hi, Jonathan, again!  Well, since I asked for the details, I guess I've made

> it my responsibility to answer, huh!  I'll give it a go, then somebody can

> correct me if I'm wrong.

>

> You COULD make it all one movie, and have the editable text-field name from

> the form be repeated as a (non-editable) text-field on the intro (same name,

> that is, you'll have to remember to follow the correct paths to get the

> variable)

>

> OR you could send the variable to the next movie by including in the button,

> after the URL, a "?varname" (without the quotes) where varname is the name

> of the text field containing the user name.  That is, in the GetURL where

> you'll put your new window info, put

> http://www.yourdomain.com/newpagename.html?varname and the intro movie has

> "varname" as the name of the text-field where you want the user name to

> show.

>

> HTH (and hope it makes sense)

>

> ~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

>

charderawsolution [dot] com

> Advantage Web Solution

> www.awsolution.com

>

> ps...some people would likely tell you to NOT change the subject line...I

> don't filter/sort that way, but some do.

>

> > The form (created in

> > Flash) would be housed in an HTML document (form.html for example) with

> some

> > kind of submit button. On submission (Mouse Event: onPress) would launch a

> new

> > window with a new HTML document that would contain the quiz. Only the

> first

> > screen of the quiz has to contain the user name.  I'm looking for the

> easiest

> > way to do this, so if the form needs to be created in Flash within the

> same

> > overall movie as the quiz, then that is acceptable. We are running

> ColdFusion

> > over here, however that is not my area of expertise so I'd like to stay

> away

> > from having to pass the form value to the database and then back to the

> Flash

> > movie. Thanks again!

>

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