Getting rid of text in text boxes

[Jared1]

Heh.. weird question. For some reason, my contact form is displaying weird text in the input boxes. Like for the textbox that takes the user's name, it says "_level0.form.name". Same with the other 2 text boxes, "_level0.form.email" for email, and "_level0.form.message" for the message.

So I have a question: which actions do I use to clear those text boxes at the start of the movie clip? Kind of like "on load, clear form.name.text". If anyone knows why this text is coming up and I can fix it that way, that'd be cool too.

Here's the site: www.phunctional.com just click on "contacts" and you'll see what I'm talking about. Thanks

[dudeqwerty]

you usually get that if you assign a movieclip to a text box, like this:
myTextBox.text = myMovieClip,

show me how you are assigning the value of the textboxes,

zlatan

[Jared1]

I have the 3 text boxes inside of the movie clip "form". I don't believe I'm assigning any values. How do I check if values are assigned, or where would that take place if I did that?

[dudeqwerty]

have you just put the textboxes in the movie and left them? what instance names have you given them,
posting a sample of the code you have used would help me help you,

[Jared1]

Here's the format:

movie clip (form)
|_ input text (instance: name var: name)
|_ input text (instance: email var: email)
|_ input text (instance: message var: message)

reset button code:
on (release) {
form.name = "";
form.email = "";
form.message = "";
}

submit button code:
on (release) {
if (form.name eq "" or form.email eq "" or form.message eq "") {
stop ();
} else {
loadVariablesNum ("form.php", 0, "POST");
thankyou._alpha = 100;
}
}

note: the reset button code works, as does the submit.

[Jared1]

ahhh i figured it out.. i don't know the reasoning, but the instance name can't equal the variable name. the wheels started turning once you asked me about the instance name, so i guess that was why it was doing that.

thanks

[dudeqwerty]

lol, no worries