FLASH: Sending email from a form without refreshing the holder page

[Aaron Hokanson]

Hi Flashers,


I am building an email function into a Flash site, whereby the email form

(which is actually an external .swf that is loaded into a holder) sends

email to the selected recipient. The problem I am having is that I don't

want the page which contains the Flash movie to refesh once the data is

sent. This, of course, resets the overall container movie, and does not

return to the email section. Frustrating!


We are trying to write a Javascript in the HTML code of the holder page that

will take the data from the various fields (ie: name, email, message) and

pass it to another frame (hidden from view) that will then run the CGI

script and send the message. This is crazy, though.


So, does anyone know how to submit a form in Flash without having to refresh

the page? Or is this simply a function of CGI scripting, period?


Thanks in advance!!!


- Aaron Hokanson



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