----- Original Message ----- From: "brucewhealton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:52 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: My Flex Form - please help
> Thanks for the tips. I did finally get a slightly different Contact > Form working. So, I still want to get this approach to work as well. > I do see some of the obvious errors like not even giving the input > fields on the form an id. Similarly, I get it... one should not have > the custom component rely upon what is in the application. The other > application I found in a tutorial online used XML to package the data > which is a little different from my use of an Object data type. Would > there be any benefits to doing things one way or the other? > > I think things are closer to working now, having followed your > suggestions. I am also going based on the other design I found that > did work for me also. So, hopefully I have this. > > Is name a reserved word in Flex? It was having a problem with the > variable name, but when I capitalized it, the error went away. > > Lastly, in a longer form that I want to use I will have combo boxes > and check boxes. I understand that php needs these to be arrays. How > would I setup the Object to handle this? On the right side of the = > sign in the Object, I am still grabbing data from a text field on the > form, correct? So, any tips/advice on this, please? My suggestion would be to follow flex in a week on the adobe site, then you'd know most of the answers to these these questions. For the moment I think you're trying to run before you've got to grips with walking. Paul. > Bruce > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> A quick look. >> >> You have in sendMyData:: >> >> obj.Name = Name.text; >> obj.Email = Email.text; >> obj.Message = Message.text; >> >> Yet FormComp has: >> >> <mx:FormItem label="Name:"> >> <mx:TextInput/> >> </mx:FormItem> >> <mx:FormItem label="Email:"> >> <mx:TextInput/> >> </mx:FormItem> >> <mx:FormItem label="Message:"> >> <mx:TextArea/> >> </mx:FormItem> >> >> None of the form fields has an id.. >> >> Also, >> >> <mx:Button label="Contact Us" fontSize="16" click="sendMyData()"/> >> >> shows a click handler function "sendMyData()", yet there's no function >> called that in FormComp. sendMydata() is part of the parent > application. You >> can probably get away with referring to > Application.application.sendMyData, >> but that's really bad practice. >> >> The coupling of these components is really not as it should be try > and build >> components that can be used standalone without having to refer > directly to >> what is happeining outside. The formComp shouldn't be accessing a > handler in >> the parent application. >> >> The form should dispatch a custom event saying that the form has > been filled >> in and that event should include a payload of the form content. The >> application should listen for that event and despatch a message > using the >> event payload. >> >> I would suggest recapping some of your classes. >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "brucewhealton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:34 AM >> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: My Flex Form - please help >> >> >> > Hi, >> > I have to ask something else... when you said change the >> > reference to Name, I wasn't sure that you meant on the left of the = >> > or right. >> > I have taken a class on AS 3.0 and two on Flex 3 and it was very >> > extensive... getting into OOP. I thought I had things figured out. >> > Could you or someone please look at my code and specifically edit it >> > to work. It is very small and I only need to have one field in the >> > form for demonstration purposes. It might be only a line or two that >> > needs to be changed or added. There are only two files so far. >> > Here's the link: >> > http://fwweb.biz/ContactForm.zip >> > Please email me directly or post the fixed code specifically as >> > it would need to be for this to work. >> > I'll reproduce the code below as well. It's not long. As a >> > note, I did find a free Flex/PHP application that does this. However, >> > I want to figure out how to get the very basic application that I >> > started, working right, instead of just taking something else. I want >> > to figure out the exact logic that would work to accomplish what I am >> > trying. By being real basic, I can focus mainly on the details and >> > concepts that I am getting wrong. >> > The instructor in the two classes I took on Flex Builder 3, >> > stated that I needed an HTTPService tag which calls the php form >> > processing script that emails form results to a specified email >> > address - setting the method to POST. In the form component, I would >> > call an AS 3.0 function that creates the object, obj:Object = new >> > Object(); -> then in the function sendMyData, I call the HTTPService >> > send method. >> > >> > It sounds like you are saying that I shouldn't use obj but >> > should use something like this: >> > <forms:FormComp id="form"/> >> > Then, in the function sendMyData(, I just do it like this: >> > form.Name = Name.text; >> > No, that doesn't work. It still gives me an error saying: >> > Access to undefined property Name. >> > I really didn't follow that either. I thought I would need an >> > object that would have properties sent to the HTTPService request >> > which calls the php form processor which will email me the results. >> > >> > Please, check out the code I include and if you or someone else would, >> > please replace what I did wrong with the right code. That way I can >> > see exactly how to make this work. I just got a little confused when >> > you were saying that I need to use form.Name as I didn't know if you >> > meant just replace that in the function that I have and that we are >> > talking about this on the left or right of the equals sign and if not, >> > then what are we setting equal to form.Name. >> > >> > Lastly, I have two large books for learning AS 3.0 and OOP, >> > ActionScript 3.0 Bible and Flex 3.0 Bible. They are rather extensive >> > and long and AS 3.0 Bible does get into OOP. If you would recommend a >> > different or additional text, please let me know. I'll definitely >> > start reading the information at the link you sent to me - to the >> > livedocs article. >> > thanks, >> > Bruce >> > >> > >> > --- In [email protected], "Haykel BEN JEMIA" <haykelbj@> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> The problems you are having are related to very basic > actionscript and >> >> object oriented programming knowledge. Don't get me wrong, I'm in > no way >> >> blaming you, I just want to give you the advice to read some >> > documentation >> >> about AS and OO programming because otherwise you will be loosing >> > much time >> >> with basic things! >> >> You can start with "Programming ActionScript 3.0" from the Flex >> >> documentation: >> >> >> > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=Part6_ProgAS_1.html >> >> >> >> Now to the problem. You are getting this error because the "Name" >> > field is >> >> not defined where you are calling it, but in the FormComponent. > If you >> >> instantiate the FormComponent with an id of "form" for example, > you can >> >> access it with: form.Name. Note that it has to be declared public > in the >> >> component to be able access it from outside the component. >> >> >> >> Hope it helps! >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:10 AM, brucewhealton >> >> <bruce@>wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi, thanks for the help. I did what you mention below. > Someone else >> >> > posted somethingsimilar about putting the Object property into the >> >> > function. >> >> > >> >> > It still doesn't like that yet. It gives me an error on the line in >> >> > the function where I am assigning values to the Object > properties... >> >> > Specifically it doesn't like: >> >> > obj.Name = Name.text; >> >> > it says: Access to undefined property Name >> >> > >> >> > Now, one problem might be that I am not passing any parameters > to the >> >> > function. >> >> > I'll see about the way you specified the function and see if that >> >> > fixes things. >> >> > >> >> > To see more specifically what I did, please click on this to > download >> >> > the zip archive file of my Flex Project: >> >> > >> >> > http://fwweb.biz/ContactForm.zip >> >> > >> >> > thanks, >> >> > Bruce >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------ >> > >> > -- >> > Flexcoders Mailing List >> > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt >> > Alternative FAQ location: >> > > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 >> > Search Archives: >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! 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