Needs a Checkbox script for a contact form

[thevibe]

Hi guys,

I am converting an html form to a flash form. I am not so good with AS3 and it's the first time I have to create forms so it was quite difficult for me. I am almost done, I did the text fields and the comboboxes, so everything except the checkboxes works. I don't find any specific tutorial that really explain me how to script it to work like the html form does. I am sure it's quite simple for an advance AS3 user, so please help me with this. Please try to work with what I already did to be sure I can incorporate the new script with what I did.

Here's the html code for the 5 checkboxes;

...<input type="checkbox" name="txtMessage" value="Find Your Pace">...
...<input type="checkbox" name="txtMessage" value="Stress Escape">...
...<input type="checkbox" name="txtMessage" value="Time Revolution">...
...<input type="checkbox" name="txtMessage" value="Ultimate Connections">...
...<input type="checkbox" name="txtMessage" value="Contact Me About Life Coaching">...

Here's an example of how my flash form works;

var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
var varSend:URLRequest = new URLRequest("website");
var varLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
varSend.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
varSend.data = variables;

submit_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, ValidateAndSend);

function ValidateAndSend (event:MouseEvent):void {

if(!txtfirst.length) {
status_txt.text = "* Please enter your first name";
} else {

variables.txtContactFirstName = txtfirst.text;

varLoader.load(varSend);
}

Thanks guys !

[neznein9]

If you open the components panel (window > components) you can drag premade checkboxes onto the stage - you should be able to give those an instance name and then test whether they are checked or not with myCheckbox.selected.

[thevibe]

Thanks for the reply, but I would need a specific script. I know how to put the checkbox on the stage but I don't know how to write the good script to send the data like the html script I wrote.

[neznein9]

Ahh - you can just jam them into your URLVariables object:

variables.txtContactFirstName = txtfirst.text;
variables.findYourPace = checkbox1.selected;
variables.stressEscape = checkbox2.selected;
//  ... 

[thevibe]

Thanks for your help again... I really need to do it a certain way since the database cannot be change at this point. The way it works right now, the variable would be the same for the 5 checkbox, it would be txtMessage, but it could have 5 values total and the values are specific words like value="Find Your Pace"> So I think it should be something like;

variables.txtMessage = "???";

How do I give a different text value to each checkbox and how do I cumulate all the values checked to answer the "???".

Am I clear enough ?

Thanks

[neznein9]

I guess I'm not sure how you want these to concatenate together...this sounds more like a radiobutton?

Anyhow - you can use if..then logic to look through each checkbox:

if(checkbox1.selected) variables.txtMessage = 'Find Your Pace';
if(checkbox2.selected) variables.txtMessage = 'Stress Escape';
//  ... 

Or you could combine these into one big string or something (again - not sure how these are supposed to work if more than one is selected):

variables.txtMessage = '';
if(checkbox1.selected) variables.txtMessage += 'Find Your Pace, ';
if(checkbox2.selected) variables.txtMessage += 'Stress Escape, ';
//  ... 

[thevibe]

Great the second script is working, thanks a lot for your help ! By the way, I had another small issue that I would like to correct. Do you know how to reset a combobox ? After the user submit the form all the information needs to go. I found how to do it for the field text and the checkboxes but not how to reset the combobox.

txtfirst.text = "";
workshop1_box.selected = false;

combobox = ???


Thanks in advance !!!