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cindyja
06-06-2001, 03:39 PM
Hi all,

I tried looking all through my documentation and checking previous replies, but I still am not sure if this is possible(tried and doesn't seem to work).

I want to use a Flash .swf file as a kiosk, and am including a contact form. Rather than having to worry about the kiosk connecting to a web server, I would just like to accumulate visitor data using a tab-delimited text file located locally on the kiosk PC. I don't want visitors opening up browser pages just to enter a form. Is this possible?

Thanks for your expertise!

Musicman
06-06-2001, 04:02 PM
Hi cindiya,

you could install perl on the machine and create a minimal web server just to handle these requests. The whole thing would be just a few pages of perl code altogether..

Musicman

cindyja
06-06-2001, 05:30 PM
Thanks! I'll look to that as an alternative. I guess I was just hoping I wouldn't have to go there. (eek)

flashtastic
06-07-2001, 07:24 AM
Hi You can

look into the fs commands, i remember looking into it at one stage and finding that you can send varibles to a txt file by executing not pad with a query string somehow. i cant remember how now!!:)

cindyja
06-07-2001, 02:06 PM
Thanks, I'll look into that too!