Flash Form

[jorgeloyo]

Is it possible to trigger the click event of a button, like in javascript, on the onchange/onblur event of another form element???

Also, Is it possible to change the visibility of a button???

[Mike Nimer]

yes,

<cfinput type="button" onClick=".....">

just remember you need to use actionscript, not javascript, in the onClick
attribute. Also, some of the inputs use onClick, some us onChange - double
check the cfdocs to make sure you are using the right one for the tag.

For visibility, this will work.
<cfinput visible="false"...

hth,
---nimer

"jorgeloyo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to trigger the click event of a button, like in javascript,
> on the onchange/onblur event of another form element???
>
> Also, Is it possible to change the visibility of a button???

[jorgeloyo]

Thank you, but I was interested in looking into the how... i tried <cfinput
type='button' onClick='mybutton._click()'> and <cfinput type='button'
onClick='mybutton.click()'> and all sort of variations, but i cannot seem to
get it to work. Is there somewhere, a list of the events that we can trigger
for each element, and the syntax to do it? Thank you in advanced.

[Mike Nimer]

the onClick attribute is the event, you don't need to call it to invoke,
flash will take care of that.. What you are putting in this attribute is
what to have called when the onClick is invoked.

<cfinput type="text" name="foo" onClick="alert('i was clicked');">

hth,
----nimer


"jorgeloyo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you, but I was interested in looking into the how... i tried
> <cfinput
> type='button' onClick='mybutton._click()'> and <cfinput type='button'
> onClick='mybutton.click()'> and all sort of variations, but i cannot seem
> to
> get it to work. Is there somewhere, a list of the events that we can
> trigger
> for each element, and the syntax to do it? Thank you in advanced.
>

[jorgeloyo]

Actually, i wanted to simulate a click of the button from the onchange of another form element

[emanncsu1]

on a related note, i'd like to know how to check or uncheck a checkbox based on
the onclick event from a radio button. This is simple in Javascript, but i
can't get it to work in the cfform. I'd also like to know if there is a
resource with examples of thse ActionScripts. I'm sure it is probably a simple
thing to do, i just need to know the syntax. THanks...Steve

[jorgeloyo]

I agree... I am having trouble with the ActionScript, it'd be nice to have a list of samples in a CFFORM.

[garyrgi]

in order to call a javascript function in a flash form you have to use action
script getURL function. <cfinput type='button' name='expand' width='20'
height='20' onclick=getURL('javascript:sendform('Title','title ','qform')')>
Gary

[Mike Nimer]

That's a really big order. Actionscript is a whole language in itself. So to
just create a number of samples randomly may or may not be useful at all, it
all depends if I happen to create an example that matches what you are
trying to do.

There are a number, a very large number of sites and books out there to help
you learn actionscript. I would start there (here is a hit it's a lot like
javascript, syntax wise)

With that said, we are keeping track of the answers we give to help people
and I plan on putting this together as a FAQ or blog or something like that
soon.

hth,
---nimer

"jorgeloyo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I agree... I am having trouble with the ActionScript, it'd be nice to have
>a list of samples in a CFFORM.

[Mike Nimer]

try this.

<cfinput type="radio" name="r1" onClick="c1.selected=true;">
<cfinput type="checkbox" name="c1">

hth,

---nimer

"emanncsu1" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> on a related note, i'd like to know how to check or uncheck a checkbox
> based on
> the onclick event from a radio button. This is simple in Javascript, but
> i
> can't get it to work in the cfform. I'd also like to know if there is a
> resource with examples of thse ActionScripts. I'm sure it is probably a
> simple
> thing to do, i just need to know the syntax. THanks...Steve
>

[Mike Nimer]

I should add, check out the asdoc for flex, on livedocs.macromedia.com.
This will tell you all of the methods and properties that can be called with
actionscript for each of the components.

hth,
---nimer


"Mike Nimer" <mnimer@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> That's a really big order. Actionscript is a whole language in itself. So
> to just create a number of samples randomly may or may not be useful at
> all, it all depends if I happen to create an example that matches what you
> are trying to do.
>
> There are a number, a very large number of sites and books out there to
> help you learn actionscript. I would start there (here is a hit it's a lot
> like javascript, syntax wise)
>
> With that said, we are keeping track of the answers we give to help people
> and I plan on putting this together as a FAQ or blog or something like
> that soon.
>
> hth,
> ---nimer
>
> "jorgeloyo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:cv0d5l$ab8$1@forums.macromedia.com...

>>I agree... I am having trouble with the ActionScript, it'd be nice to have
>>a list of samples in a CFFORM.

>
>

[emanncsu1]

well, after a little trial &amp; error i figured out how to do this: <cfinput
type='checkbox' name='checkbox1' value='1' label='checkbox1'> <cfinput
type='radio' name='name1' value='2' label='name1' visible='true'
onclick='checkbox1.value=false'> This will make the checkbox unchecked when
the radio button is clicked.

[jorgeloyo]

Let's say i need the user to enter their phone number, so i make the field
required with the correct error message. But in addition to making it required,
i want the format of the phone to be (999) 999-9999 I tried to do this, but as
soon as the form loads, it displays the field in read, as if i had tried to
submit the form already and i got the error message. Is this possible to do?
<cfform format='flash' width='250'> <cfinput type='text' name='phone'
label='Phone' mask='(999) 999-9999' required='yes' message='Enter Phone'>
</cfform>

[OldCFer]

It's red because it's required, and the message is displayed on mouseover. Did
you try typing in numbers? It worked fine for me.

[jorgeloyo]

I know It's red because it's required and the mask does work, but it should not be red when the form first loads. It should become red if you don't enter the info.

[Mike Nimer]

There is a known issue, when we apply the mask to a field it triggers the
validation at the same time. I believe this is what you are seeing.

if you remove the required="true" it will work, and do the validation on the
server or in your own <cfform onSubmit=""> actionscript.

hth,
---nimer


"jorgeloyo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Let's say i need the user to enter their phone number, so i make the field
> required with the correct error message. But in addition to making it
> required,
> i want the format of the phone to be (999) 999-9999 I tried to do this,
> but as
> soon as the form loads, it displays the field in read, as if i had tried
> to
> submit the form already and i got the error message. Is this possible to
> do?
> <cfform format='flash' width='250'> <cfinput type='text' name='phone'
> label='Phone' mask='(999) 999-9999' required='yes' message='Enter Phone'>
> </cfform>
>

[jorgeloyo]

Thank you Mike. If i make required=no and validate onsubmit, is it possible
then to trigger something to make the element being validated red and display
the custom message?? For example: I want to validate a phone number and i put
a mask of (999) 999-9999 I not only want to force the mask, but validate that
the phone entered is complete... lenght=13 [ including spaces, -, and () ] Can
I make the element go red and show the custom message???

[Mike Nimer]

You can't really write custom validation for the flash forms (they don't
support regex). I think the best way would be to do the validation on the
server.

But if you want to trigger some validation, Ray Camden has a few blog
postings about how to do this.
[url]http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=FA116865-F677-4FA8-405C7E9D3C230448[/url]

hth,
---nimer

"jorgeloyo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you Mike. If i make required=no and validate onsubmit, is it
> possible
> then to trigger something to make the element being validated red and
> display
> the custom message?? For example: I want to validate a phone number and i
> put
> a mask of (999) 999-9999 I not only want to force the mask, but validate
> that
> the phone entered is complete... lenght=13 [ including spaces, -, and () ]
> Can
> I make the element go red and show the custom message???
>

[Webguru1]

Ok I have a cd-rom that uses a cfm file on my server to send out email from the
CD. The form had 4 email addresses in list you can choose which one to send to
or send to multiple addresses. What I can't figure out is how to get the list
component an ID name that can be recognized in my cfm form. Any help would be
appreciated. BTW, the hosting uses Coldfusion 4.5 and I'm using FLash MX 2004.

I can get it to work in html but not flash.

here's the cfm code:

<form action="http://www.creativepointe.com/emailform_henderson.cfm"
method="post" name="form1" target="_self">
<p>
<input name="Name" type="text" id="Name">
<br>
<br>
<input name="Company" type="text" id="Company">
<br>
<br>
<input name="Email" type="text" id="Email">
</p>
<p>
<input name="Phone" type="text" id="Phone">
</p>
<p>
<input name="Comments" type="text" id="Comments">
</p>
<p>
<select name="Toemail" size="3" multiple id="Toemail">
<option value="damon@sigecom.net">Damon Home</option>
<option value="damon@creativepointe.com">Damon Work</option>
<option value="billing@creativepointe.com">Billing</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>

[leaguer44]

created a form in flash for website. have all the field validations working but
when i execute the submit commmand there are no error messages so the post must
be working but the email never gets sent...does anyone know of a canned one
(asp or php)on the internet that works?...and also i was wondering if it is
possible to attach a a file to a formemail?...maybe a tutorial on building a
formail script?...thanks for the help