Sending an E-mail

**Marcebra** · 10-01-2000, 04:14 PM

I know that on HTML that you could make a tag:

Code:

<form method=POST action="mailto:bla@bla.com">

where bla@bla.com is an e-mail address

Is it posible to do that with Flash? I know you could do it via CGI, but I don't want it to use a CGI or any varient of it. Also, I tried

Code:

Geturl "mailto:bla@bla.com?subject=register?body=" & email

where bla@bla.com is an e-mail address and email is a text field that has an email address to be sent.

Thank you very much in advance

**sonwah** · 10-01-2000, 06:26 PM

That will work, but will open the hosts default mail program, rather than automatically send - you need CGI to get around this (as far as I know, if anyone can get it send without opening the email window PLEASE post it

)

**sonwah** · 10-01-2000, 06:31 PM

Your code is a bit wrong though

body is the message body of the email form, if you put an address in there it won't get sent (or are you just trying to retrieve the users info?) the code:
Get URL"mailto:bla@bla.com?subject=register&body="&ema il&""
The action needs to be an expression so that flash can evaluate the variable rather than taking the value literally.

**bryan_mahoney** · 10-02-2000, 08:07 PM

Hello,

as far as i know sonwah is right - you need some kind of CGI script.

You might want to try a simple asp or Coldfusion script.

Both have tags that will handle sending an email very easily.

I can send you a cf one if you'd like.

Best Rgds,

Bryan

**Marcebra** · 10-02-2000, 10:25 PM

I'm not sure about CGI b/c I just recently set up my website and I don't know how to put a cgi on it.

If you could please tell me, I'll be gratefull.

Thanks

**bryan_mahoney** · 10-03-2000, 10:32 AM

I don't have a cgi for you, but if your server supports coldfusion, i can send you a template that will send out an email.

Let me know,

Bryan

**bryan_mahoney** · 10-03-2000, 10:33 AM

Oh, i almost forgot.

You might want to check with your webhost - most of them provide some basic cgi's that might be able to help you out.

**flashmonkey** · 10-03-2000, 03:11 PM

You can pass the variables out to an ASP page which uses CDONTS to build the email message.

Here is the code we are using....

I have removed the names and IP address to protect the innocent.

This is the page that the variables are sent to. Use Request.form to grab the values from the flash movie and then build the email.

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<%@ LANGUAGE=vbscript enablesessionstate=false LCID=1033 %>

<%
Response.CacheControl="Public"
Response.ExpiresAbsolute=DateAdd("yyyy", -10, Date)
Response.Buffer = True

Dim strFlashName
Dim strRequestName

strRequestName = Request.QueryString("flashfile")

Select Case strRequestName

Case "file1.swt"
strFlashName = "bla"
Case "file2.swt"
strFlashName = "blabla"
Case "file3.swt"
strFlashName = "blablabla"

End Select

'Initiate the CDONTS
aHTML = "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC ""-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"">" & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & "<html>" & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & "<head>" & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & "<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" "
aHTML = aHTML & "content=""text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"">" & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & "</HEAD>" & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & "<body bgcolor=#ffffff>" & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & "<P><H3>Dear " & Request.QueryString("contact") & ",<P></H3>" & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & Request.QueryString("emailbody") & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & "<p>Please review our demo at:<br> " & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & "<p><a href='http://your.website.com/'>http://your.website.com/</a><br><p> " & vbCRLF

aHTML = aHTML & "<OBJECT classid="
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & "clsid

27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & " codebase="
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & "http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & " ID=smintro WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=100%" & "> <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & "http://your.website.com"
aHTML = aHTML & Request.QueryString("flashfile")
aHTML = aHTML & "?company="
aHTML = aHTML & Request.QueryString("company")
aHTML = aHTML & "&contact="
aHTML = aHTML & Request.QueryString("contact")
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & "> <PARAM NAME=loop VALUE=false> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000> "
aHTML = aHTML & "<EMBED src="
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & "http://your.website.com/flash/smpromo/smintro.swt?company="
aHTML = aHTML & Request.QueryString("company")
aHTML = aHTML & "&contact="
aHTML = aHTML & Request.QueryString("contact")
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & " loop=false quality=high bgcolor=#000000 WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=100% TYPE="
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & "application/x-shockwave-flash"
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & " PLUGINSPAGE="
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & "http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
aHTML = aHTML & chr(34)
aHTML = aHTML & "><br>"

aHTML = aHTML & "</body>" & vbCRLF
aHTML = aHTML & "</html>"

'--------------------------------------------------------------------
' Instantiate the CDONTS component
Set objMail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.Newmail")

'--------------------------------------------------------------------
' Send email
if Request.QueryString("fromemailaddress") = "" then
objMail.From = "youremail@your.com"
else
objMail.From = Request.QueryString("fromemailaddress")
end if

objMail.To = Request.QueryString("toemailaddress")
objMail.Cc = Request.QueryString("ccemailaddress")
objMail.Subject = Request.QueryString("subject")
objMail.BodyFormat = 0
objMail.MailFormat = 0
objMail.Body = aHTML
objMail.Send

' Release the CDONTS component to free resources
Set objMail = Nothing
Response.Clear
if Request.QueryString("typeofmail") = "demo" then
Response.Redirect ("bla.asp")
else
Response.Redirect ("bla.asp")
end if

%>

If you need more info contact me.

Flashmonkey

**Marcebra** · 10-04-2000, 08:08 PM

well...I still don't know what file to upload to my site. Do I just write that on notepad and save it as .cgi and upload it? and also, I read through it and saw a .swt, but that is Macromedia Generator format. I use SWF. WHat do I do?

**flashmonkey** · 10-04-2000, 08:16 PM

That is not a CGI script.

It is an ASP page that uses CDONTS.

We use SWT files but you can use swf files if you like.

**funner** · 10-04-2000, 10:35 PM

If you need a cgi script just to have a user send you mail I have one that I am using on my site. I will tell you how to set it up. You have to make sure that your host supports cgi. The script I have is written in perl.

email me if you need it....

DRB

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try a simple ASP or CF script

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It is an ASP page

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