if (textfield blank) {???

[GoldfishCreativ]

howdy all,

Just wondering... I'm organizing a PHP mailform and I want to check to see if some input textfields are blank... I dunno what my problem is.

Here's the code:

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on (release) {
if (email == "") {
email_alert.gotoAndPlay (2);
}
}
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"email" being the name of the text field. All I want to happen is if the text field is blank.. do something.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

gc

[GoldfishCreativ]

Bueler?....... Bueler?......

[mykrob]

the code looks okay to me, you may just double check the target path, thats all i can figure. I'm assuimg the "email" variable is inside some instance, or at least the main timeline, so maybe the actionscript is looking for the variable, but not in the right place...and since its not there, the rest of the code cant execute...
-myk
"MOO"

[GoldfishCreativ]

mmm... thanks, that's not it though...

if i type if blah blah blah == "a" then type "a" in the email field it works fine... it just won't test successfully for no input at all.

i'm stumped...

[motiv]

Is it an input text box? Dynamic? I dunno... maybe play with that.

[Urbansory]

What about if null, if there is nothing there, by default the return will be null until it is set.

[MopFlash]

like Urbansory said u could use
on(release){
if (youtextfield eq null){
your action
}

[gary_bydesign]

well i think you have too many = signs.

i would have put

if email="" then do some clever stuff

gary

[Urbansory]

You need 2 equals or the player will think you are trying to set something not test if it is equal to the expression or whatever it is.

[MopFlash]

you can just use "eq" instead of "=="

[gary_bydesign]

lol of course you do, i just looked in one of my fla's and there they were == sitting there giggling at me

sorry guys..

gary_wanders off hanging head in shame

[Urbansory]

on (release) {
if (email == "" or email == null) {
email_alert.gotoAndPlay (2);
}
}

[MopFlash]

thats a simple way to win both arguments