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

[Helen Triolo]

Aaron Hokanson wrote:

> 

> 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!


Aaron,


Sending data to a cgi doesn't automatically refresh or restart your

Flash movie.  You should use a Load Variables statement, not a Get URL,

to send the fields, and then your Flash movie will just keep executing

after the Load Variables.  If you want to confirm to the viewer that

mail has been sent, then you'd set a loop after the load variables to

check for some kind of return variable from the cgi indicating that the

email was sent successfully.  


hth,

Helen

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