loadVariables to LoadVars

[jiffyloop]

I have some source code that was originally created in Flash 5. I'm trying to rewrite the code in Flash MX using the new LoadVars Object. I'm just having a little difficulty trying to rewrite the syntax. The project I'm working on is an email form with a few fields and a submit button. After entering the form, the submit buttons sends this to a PHP file which then sends out the email. This is what I have so far:

Frame 1:
fscommand ("allowscale", "false");
mailform = "mailform.php";
action = "";
stop ();

Frame2:
loadVariablesNum(mailform, 0);
answer = "please wait for confirmation ...";
stop();

Button:
on (release) {
   if ((vemail.indexOf("@") != -1) && (vemail.indexOf(".") != -1) && (length(vemail)>5)) {
      action = "Send";
      loadVariablesNum("mailform.php", 0, "POST");
      nextFrame();
   } else {
      vemail = "Please enter email";
      action = "";
      stop();
   }
}

So basically my question is, how do I rewrite the loadVariables to use the new LoadVars?? I get confused with the new methods of send, sendAndLoad and load....

Any help would be appreciated.

jiffy loop

[Jorge Solis]

Looking your code, I think there is no reason for use the Object LoadVars. Moreover, you can use getURL instead of loadVariablesNum, because the script only sends a mail, it doesn´t return anything that you need to use.

The object LoadVars has very useful events and methods (like the XML Object)

- To construct a LoadVars:

carga=new LoadVars();

- to load something

carga.load("http://www.estudiobaires.com/archivo.txt");

- to use an useful event

carga.onLoad = function(){
        gotoAndPlay(3);
}

- You can send and recieve requests. In the mail form with a PHP who returns some message in  a variable $string like "Thanks for contact" (succes) or "Whe have a problem with the server" (fails), you can catch the variable and show in a clip with a dynamic text

carga.sendAndLoad("mail.php", "response", "POST");

And use the event onLoad to catch the response an show it and so on ...

-Other methods: getBytesTotal (useful for preloading), toString and others



Good Luck
Jorge Solis
www.estudiobaires.com