Can't help with the PHP code but your theory is good. I wrap all of my returned data in a "status" node, and my result handlers look for this, use the error information in an error situation, or just strip off that node if status is success.
By the way, don't overstress on the OOP theory too soon. There are far more important things to focus on when learning than "loose coupling". That is a design goal that has costs, particularly in complexity and readability and maintainability. It benefits are not realized unless you re-use your components. Personally, I found that I needed to create a component two or three times before I got it to a point that I would want to re-use it anyway! "Encapsulation", on the other hand is a goal that will bring much more immediate benefits. Even if you do not plan to re-use your component as a whole, well organized functionality will help with "cut and paste" inheritance. Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brucewhealton Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 5:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: My Flex Form - it works! Hi Paul and others, Having followed your directions and seeing my own faults, I finally got this working, using the simple design that I chose from the beginning. I had covered OOP and AS 3.0 but until you do different things, it's not the same as learning it in a class. Learning to think in an OOP way is what I am developing as a skill. I did get it though when you mentioned the idea of not having the custom component rely on methods or properties in the application. The only problem I have is how to handle the Fault Event from the HTTPService. If the php form mailer had a problem then we would handle that with the fault_handler method. I was wondering if someone here knew php enough to be able to tell me how I could return a value to the component if something goes wrong. I have the function fault_handler(event:ResultEvent):void and that will get called from resultHandler if the code returns: event.result == "ERROR." My php form does this: $OK = mail ($mail_to, $subject, $message, $headers); if ($OK) { echo 'sent=OK'; } else { echo '&sent=ERROR'; } >>> Will this work in the php? If so, do I just check for "ERROR" as the value of event.result? Thanks in advance, Bruce --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "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] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > 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 <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] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "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.h tml <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 <http://fwweb.biz/ContactForm.zip> > >> > > >> > thanks, > >> > Bruce > >> > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt <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 <https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf -1e62079f6847> > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo <http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo> ! 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