application online

[LuisDesigns]

hi guys, how's everyone doin' ?
Well, i have created a website with flash, now i wanna create an application
so that people can just go online fill it in and submit it to my email address.
Hoe can i do that . if there's a way with flash, can someone help me out
please ?
Thanks alot for the helps and all the best to all.

[ImagicDigital]

If you web host supports it, you can do it pretty easily with PHP. Try
Googling

php flash email form

and you'll find a lot of tutorials. The Kirupa one is pretty good:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash_php_email.htm

[LuisDesigns]

thanks alot for the link, i am going to try . All the best

[LuisDesigns]

do i need to download any php software ? i tried downloading the php which it
did successufuly but i cant get the patch to download ?
What do you recomend me to do ?
Sorry for being a pain, i certainly apreciate the help
thanks alot

[ImagicDigital]

Okay - I'm going to go back and say that this tutorial is better, I
think it's the one I first used:

http://www.thegoldenmean.com/technique/flashMX_mailform1.html

You don't need to download PHP software, but you do need to write the
PHP script in a text editor or web page program like Dreamweaver -- do
you have that? Then you need to upload your PHP script (just a text page
saved as whatever.php -- or in the case above, saved as
processEmail.php) in order to test or for it to work.

As I mentioned, your web host does have to support PHP for this to work.
Try the tutorial above; it's more modern and easy to follow.

Post any specific questions if you have them...

good luck :)

[LuisDesigns]

hey again. No actualy dont have dreamweaver, never used it before either. Any other program that i could use instead ?
Thanks again

[Peter Blumenthal]

HTML Kit is a great free text editor. It can format your text as PHP.

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

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[LuisDesigns]

thankk you so much, i've downloaded html kit. Now , do i create the applaication with flash first , or i can do it with m.word ?

[LuisDesigns]

hey again, ok, like i said, i downloaded the html kit from the link u gave me,
i imported this one applaication i created myself "with m.word" and saved it as
php, but when i open it says "windows cannot open theis file, to open this
file, windows needs to know what program create it" . What did i do wrong ? do
i like to redo the application with flash ?
Once again, thanks so much for the help and patience.

[ImagicDigital]

You can open a PHP file from the File>Open menu in a simple text editor.
Notepad is a good one to use, it comes with Windows. Find it in
Start>All Programs>Accessories>Notepad. Then go to File>Open and
browse to your PHP file.

The PHP "program" you wrote is separate from your Flash file. The Flash
file will communicate with the PHP file (using ActionScript that you
have written in Flash, if you follow the tutorial) once you upload the
php file and your swf file to your web server.

[LuisDesigns]

sorry, i am confused, so i created this application with microsoft word , i
opened it with html kit and save it as PHP. To make it editable for people to
fill it on line what do i need to do ? i am sorry, a lil confused here. Do i
need to do anything in flash ? when i open the php saved file with notepad, it
only shows this :

<br />
< />??.???.?___________________
Co-Applicant Signature Date

U?????????

so the application i created with microsoft work, i open it with flash and
save it as swf ?

Thanks again, really apreciate your helping me

[LuisDesigns]

what do i need to do, please if you could help me .
Txs