mailto using text fields ????

[NevG]

Hi

Ive put some text fields on a flash page wanting user input and given them a submit button that when pressed uses the geturl command to do a mailto:

How do i send the contents of the boxes aswell ??

Plese help me

Thanks

Nev G

 

[wangbar]

Add a variable name to your textbox - for instance if you called the textbox "subjectContent" whatever the user types in automatically becomes the content of a variable called "subjectContent".

If you add this to your getURL action like so...


getURL("mailto:me@mySite.com&subject=subjectContent",_blank,"GET"

...the "subject" line of the email is automatically filled in with the content the user typed. Using more "&"s you can add a whole string of different variables to your mail message and fill in all of the fields including content, cc and bcc.

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks but how do I populate the message bit of the email

all I have managed to do sofar is put the variable name of the textfield in the subject line. Can you really spell it out for me

Thanks

 

[wangbar]

Here are the variables you need...

recipient
subject
body
cc

...you could use these titles as your variable names so a typical message, with all the normal details, would be formatted like...

on(release){
getURL("mailto:"+recipient+"?cc="+cc+"&subject="+subject+"&body="+body);
}

P.S. I mistyped something in the first mail - make sure your first addition to the recipient starts with a "?" not a "&" as I said before - hey, I just woke up and haven't hit the coffee yet ;-) ).

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks for your help wangbar BUT I am still having problems with this

I am using flash 4 ( DONT KNOW IF THAT MAEKS A DIFFERENCE) but I am using this string

On (Release)
Get URL ("mailto:ngraham@capital-fusion.com?subject=Information&Body="+Name+Comment", vars=GET)
End On


after putting this in the URL window

mailto:ngraham@capital-fusion.com?subject=Information&Body="+Name+Comment

I have two fields named Name and Comment but when I click the send button I get the mail looking like this

Name + Comment?Name=sdfbg

What am i doing wrong ???

Thanks again

Nev G

 

[wangbar]

I've never actually used Flash 4 Nev so I'm not sure where the differences might lie in the code. I had a quick look on the net though and I think this link might be what you need...

http://www.flashbible.com/Members/ActionScript/Email/Index.htm

Best of luck!

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks loads wangbar you have been a fantastic help

All the best

Nev G