Can I output form variables to a simple .txt file?

[cindyja]

Hi all,

I tried looking all through my documentation and checking previous replies, but I still am not sure if this is possible(tried and doesn't seem to work).

I want to use a Flash .swf file as a kiosk, and am including a contact form. Rather than having to worry about the kiosk connecting to a web server, I would just like to accumulate visitor data using a tab-delimited text file located locally on the kiosk PC. I don't want visitors opening up browser pages just to enter a form. Is this possible?

Thanks for your expertise!

[Musicman]

Hi cindiya,

you could install perl on the machine and create a minimal web server just to handle these requests. The whole thing would be just a few pages of perl code altogether..

Musicman

[cindyja]

Thanks! I'll look to that as an alternative. I guess I was just hoping I wouldn't have to go there. (eek)

[flashtastic]

Hi You can

look into the fs commands, i remember looking into it at one stage and finding that you can send varibles to a txt file by executing not pad with a query string somehow. i cant remember how now!!

[cindyja]

Thanks, I'll look into that too!