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Hey...I need help with the script for making a ShoutBox. Until now I have only used bits and pieces of ActionS to use for my animations but i would like to get more into scripting. I was hoping someone could be very helpful by giving me a head start by telling me how to start.HAHA...I know there isn't much to go on...But i know you all like challenges sometimes.
--PS--I already have the Visual part down..meaning i have the input boxes made.
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What My ShoutBox has
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A Name Input Box
A Url Input Box
A Shout/Hello Input Box
Button to Submit
Button to Reset
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PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!
Well, it seems to me that you already know what you're doing, but you're scared of the ActionScript...
Basically, you've already defined the variables you need to "Submit" (myName, myURL, myShout.) Now, you need to figure out where those variables are going to GO! Will they be stored in a local or remote database? A text file on a server? Do you plan to submit them via PHP/ASP/CFM?
Once you figure out where these variables will be GOING, then you'll have a better idea of what to do. Simply put, you'll only have to send 3 variables to a receiver...now just decide on a receiver.
... gimme just one more line of code to ease the pain.
I am scared of Action Script...im getting good at animation..but I didn't know where to start here...thanks so much for your help. And I think im going to submit it using php. Umm..what do you mean by reciever?? the php? or the website?
The PHP page would be the "receiver", meaning it would receive the variables submitted from your Flash movie.
I'm not a PHP junkie, unfortunately, so I wont be able to help on this end, but basically, you need to make your PHP page catch the submitted variables, and then deal with them appropriately such as dumping the values into a database.
... gimme just one more line of code to ease the pain.
And, as for a Database: a database is simply a series of rows and columns (a table) that contains multiple records of a similar type. Your system registry is a database (click Start, Run, type "REGEDIT" and click OK--don't change anything--just look.) An easy Database editing program is Microsoft Access (comes with Office package.) It's simply for storing data. No files, no graphics, no sounds--just data (like names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.)
... gimme just one more line of code to ease the pain.
is MySQL a database??? I know you've helped me alot..but i no virtually no scripting beyond the stop and gotoandplay features..so i have no idea what to do.
thanks in advance...And a shoutbox(thats just what i call it) is just something that you type in your name/your homepage/and a comment/and then you hit submit(or shout(hence the name)) and it shows above the input boxes
here's a start.. What i've scripted will collect the form info and send it to a PHP script that you must specify...
i gave instance names to the buttons, as well as the input text boxes so we can access the .text properties of the box...
placed on(release) actions on each of the buttons that refer to function on the new "scripts" layer, first frame...
okay, this example is kinda silly, but check it out anyway...
i commented out all the script to actually submit this to a server, just for the sake of testing the text thang....
here you go
Hmmm...Confirmation...then it goes to the thing thats scrollable.
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this is what i want it to look like when the information is confirmed and viewable...
Name(and it has the url in it so when you click it..it's goes to the url stated)comment after the collon)
so:
steve:how are you doing
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bob:im fine
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mykrob:hey guys how ya doing?
that one will take me a minute or two..I know how to make Flash collect the data and send it to a script, and i know how to make flash receive info from an external source. I'm gonna have to look up the PHP to get all this dumped to a text file or a database or something...
The server you're planning to run this on, do they support PHP?
take a look at www.globat.com..
that's who i use, and its $7.50/mo for 1GB of space.. they also support PHP and mySQL (free database!)
their current promo claims to end on 05/16/03, but the have kept it up for the past month or two... They keep restarting it.
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