Translating HTML into Actionscript

[caz41627]

I am making an order form in my Flash website. There is an important piece of HTML that I need to translate into Flash terms in order for the form to be compatible with my hosts form-mail script. Here's the line:

input type="hidden" name="_vDeckformid" value="39"

Does anyone know how to write this as Actionscript?
Thanks!

[jbum]

At some point, the Flash movie is going to post to a CGI script using either getURL or the loadVars object.

If you use getURL(), you can add that parameter to the URL, e.g:

getURL("http://mydomain.com/myscript?_vDeckformid=39");

If you use loadVars.sendAndLoad() you can make sure that variable is included. Here's a slightly modified example I copied from Colin Moock's Actionscript: The Definitive Guide

code:

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varSender = new LoadVars();

// ...and one to receive.

varReceiver = new LoadVars();

   

// Assign properties to the sender, which will be the variables sent to the server.

varSender.name = "Bruce";

varSender.age = "13";

varSender._vDeckformid = 39; // <-- SEE???



// Assign a callback function to the varReceiver's onLoad property.

// The handler will process the variables when they arrive.

varReceiver.onLoad = function () {

  // We can access the loaded variables as properties of this, as in this.age.

  // We use a for-in loop to list the properties of the varReceiver object.

  // Note that the loaded and contentType properties are not enumerated.

  for (p in this) {

    // We don't want to list the onLoad property, so check if the 

    // current property is a string. If it is...

    if (typeof this[p] =  = "string") {

      // ...show its value in the Output window. All loaded 

      // variables are received as strings.

      trace("The variable " + p + " has the value " + this[p]);

    }

  }

}

   

// Before sending our variables, we'll display them

// in the Output window. (Good for debugging)

trace("Sending " + varSender.toString());

   

// Now send the variables to the server, and wait for a reply

varSender.sendAndLoad("http://www.yourserver.com/cgi-bin/lookup.pl",

                       varReceiver, "GET");

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- Jim

[caz41627]

Thanks so much!!