Re: FLASH: email tutorials.

[Gregg Caines]

> Hi i looking to add an email form on to a flash site.

>

> Couple of things which I wish to do with this

>

> have a directory button for the different email addresses

>

> this i would like to load in and display as a selectable list is this

possible

>or is easier to hardcode this in flash. - version 4



It's always easier to hardcode it, but it's also possible to read it in.

Reading

it in will take a little more work, but it will save on updates.



> i still do not know what type of server this project will be on ..

>

> so i need info on non-server based email controll and also some info

>on this as well as this is my first website and looking for a host what

>is the best way of deploying this



You'll need a server-side email script if you want to do something more

advanced than a simple mailto link.  There are plenty of CGI scripts

out there that will work on any server where the correct modules are

installed.  It's pretty easy to use these scripts once you've learned how,

and learning them isn't that difficult either.  Of course, you can always do

a

simple

//personaddress [dot] com (mailto://personaddress [dot] com)

 link, and even use javascript to

enhance it

(eg http://www.chepd.mq.edu.au/boomerang/teaching.www/javamail.htm )



> anybody else got a basic conceptial design for the email form to look at.

>

> i think thats about it but the more stuff and threads received the better

... ta


That JavaScript link above has an example e-mail form.


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