[AS3] Creating a drop down subject line in a contact form

[ShakaDula14]

I was wondering if any of you guys know how to do this in AS3.0? I've seen a few tutorials on how to do this in AS2.0 and Flash 8, but wondering if anyone has any code that will let me do that in AS3.0??

I can modify the code myself just fine, I just don't know how to do it ...

[xty]

Using a ComboBox type of drop down?

[ShakaDula14]

Using a ComboBox type of drop down?

yes sir.

[xty]

yes sir.

What do you want to know? help me out a bit here.

[ShakaDula14]

What do you want to know? help me out a bit here.

sorry.

well, where to start?

I need to know 3 things .....

1. How do I create a Flash Contact form that sends the message straight from Flash and not by opening your own mail client before hand?

I understand it has to do with PHP and MySQL, but I don't know what that is. Even a tutorial or another file that I could reference and I might be bale to stumble my way through it.

I know this is kind of a loaded question, but I am trying to advance my own understanding of AS3.0 and the only way is to try to do something that I am not familiar with ....

2. In the end, I settled for a simple contact for and this is the code that I have here ...

submit_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendData);

function sendData(evtObj:MouseEvent):void{
trace(name_txt.text);
trace(email_txt.text);
trace(message_txt.text);

var theEmail:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("mailto:user@website.com?from="+email_txt.text+
"&subject=From Website&body="+message_txt.text+" from:"+name_txt.text);
navigateToURL(theEmail);
}

I tried adding a subject line

trace(subject_txt.text);

and changed the var as follows ...

var theEmail:URLRequest = new URLRequest ("mailto:user@website.com?from="+email_txt.text+
"&subject=subject_txt.text&body="+message_txt.text+" from:"+name_txt.text);

But all I get is a blank contact form once it is clicked and opened in the user's mail client. What am I doing wrong here?

3. How do I use the combo box option as a subject line in order to have a user pick one of 4 (for example) options?

and what code do I have to add so that it is returned properly in the script?

I can post the file if it will help any ...

[xty]

Hi there
Yes, you will need to use some PHP to accomplish this. I have an example doing exactly what you are looking to do. It might be easier to do this via email however. Send me a note at xty@xtydigitaldesign.ca and I'll put something together for you - probably tomorrow. It's getting late here on the east coast. Yawn...

[ShakaDula14]

Hi there
Yes, you will need to use some PHP to accomplish this. I have an example doing exactly what you are looking to do. It might be easier to do this via email however. Send me a note at xty@xtydigitaldesign.ca and I'll put something together for you - probably tomorrow. It's getting late here on the east coast. Yawn...

I'm all over that like a bee on honey!

you wouldn't happen to know lots about FLV playback, would you?