FLASH: Still having problems with submitting form data from a .swf

[Aaron Hokanson]

Hi Helen,


Thanks for the tip. I have found numerous other examples recommending using

the Load Variables command rather than the Get URL function.


So, I created my text fields, assigned them variable names (name, email,

message), created a button that uses the Load Variables command which

activates On Release, set the level to 0, and used the POST method.


However, nothing seems to happen when I post the .swf on to the web server.

It is in an HTML page, BTW, but that shouldn't matter. I click the submit

button, and nothing happens. I must be missing something.


Are there any other little tricks that spring to mind with this kind of

thing? Could it be that my ISP's mail program (called "mailit" on

www.islandnet.com) simply blows chunks? They don't support PERL, which is

ridiculous.


Ideas?


Thanks again!

- Aaron Hokanson.


> 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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