Re: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign
this[f#31] = TEXT:Email%20Address; This could work for you I guess, it wont give you a compiler error, but I would revise the code since I wouldnt suggest this ugly solution. If you could show more code on how you are sending the data, as well as what Flash Player version you are targeting there would easier to give you a more helpful hand if you want the solution to be more legit than the solution above. / Martin 2008/2/21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi. I need to pass a variable to a email sign-up form and it needs to be named f#31 I have it written: var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address; Flash gives me an error when I try to publish this and I assume its because the variable name has the # sign. How do I get around this? I've tried escape sequences to no avail. Thanks! -Alex ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Klasson Flash Developer Parkgatan 9-11 S-411 24 Göteborg Sweden Office +46 (0) 31 711 54 50 Cell +46 (0) 730 964 561 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.kokokaka.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Thanks for getting back to me.
I'm targeting Flash Player 8.
Essentially, I am creating an HTML form in Flash, but I'm running
into trouble because the form refers to database field names with
symbols I can't place in a variable name and I need to pass the
variable name with the data.
The form in my FLA has input fields for First Name and Email address.
Each input field has a Var associated with it.
The First Name field's Var is f:1700253695
The Email field's Var is f:31
Then in Actionscript I have variables for the hidden fields that
would be used in an HTML version of the form (not sure if this is
necessary) and a submit button function to send the variable names
and their values to the sign-up form on the server.
var f#1700253695 = TEXT:First%20Name;
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
submitBtn.onRelease = function(){
getURL(http://www.topica.com/f/p.html;, ,GET);
}
The problem I'm having is that the database on the server requires
either the colon or the # sign in the field name, but I can't figure
out how to publish the SWF with them.
If there isn't a way, I think I will use the ExternalInterface API to
send my field values to a form in my HTML wrapper and send the data
from there. I'm not well versed in Javascript so I'm trying to avoid
that if possible.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.
-Alex
On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:50 AM, Martin Klasson wrote:
this[f#31] = TEXT:Email%20Address;
This could work for you I guess, it wont give you a compiler error,
but I would revise the code since I wouldnt suggest this ugly
solution.
If you could show more code on how you are sending the data,
as well as what Flash Player version you are targeting there would
easier to give you a more helpful hand if you want the solution to
be more legit than the solution above.
/ Martin
2008/2/21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi.
I need to pass a variable to a email sign-up form and it needs to be
named f#31
I have it written:
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
Flash gives me an error when I try to publish this and I assume its
because the variable name has the # sign. How do I get around this?
I've tried escape sequences to no avail.
Thanks!
-Alex
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RE: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign
How are you passing the variable to an email form? You typically never NEED to create a funky variable name if creative string solutions could do the job. How about something like f_31 until you have to package it up to send? And how does the end process know the variable name? var str:String = f#31; this [ str.split(#).join(_) ] = test; trace( this.f_31 ) // test - J -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Klasson Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:50 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign this[f#31] = TEXT:Email%20Address; This could work for you I guess, it wont give you a compiler error, but I would revise the code since I wouldnt suggest this ugly solution. If you could show more code on how you are sending the data, as well as what Flash Player version you are targeting there would easier to give you a more helpful hand if you want the solution to be more legit than the solution above. / Martin 2008/2/21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi. I need to pass a variable to a email sign-up form and it needs to be named f#31 I have it written: var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address; Flash gives me an error when I try to publish this and I assume its because the variable name has the # sign. How do I get around this? I've tried escape sequences to no avail. Thanks! -Alex ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Martin Klasson Flash Developer Parkgatan 9-11 S-411 24 Göteborg Sweden Office +46 (0) 31 711 54 50 Cell +46 (0) 730 964 561 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.kokokaka.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign
What your database looks like and variable names in your Flash application,
have (and shouldn't have) no impact on each other.
Afterall, you'll be sending/loading data through some script/webserver/remoting, so you can *massage* your data before sending it to
Flash and vice versa.
So saying that you need to name variables:
var f#1700253695;
var f#31
is nonsense ;-)
var myReallyCoolFlashVariableForAnEmailAddress = [EMAIL PROTECTED];
Send that to your server side script, which then stores it in the database (or
whatever).
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign
Thanks for getting back to me.
I'm targeting Flash Player 8.
Essentially, I am creating an HTML form in Flash, but I'm running
into trouble because the form refers to database field names with
symbols I can't place in a variable name and I need to pass the
variable name with the data.
The form in my FLA has input fields for First Name and Email address.
Each input field has a Var associated with it.
The First Name field's Var is f:1700253695
The Email field's Var is f:31
Then in Actionscript I have variables for the hidden fields that
would be used in an HTML version of the form (not sure if this is
necessary) and a submit button function to send the variable names
and their values to the sign-up form on the server.
var f#1700253695 = TEXT:First%20Name;
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
submitBtn.onRelease = function(){
getURL(http://www.topica.com/f/p.html;, ,GET);
}
The problem I'm having is that the database on the server requires
either the colon or the # sign in the field name, but I can't figure
out how to publish the SWF with them.
If there isn't a way, I think I will use the ExternalInterface API to
send my field values to a form in my HTML wrapper and send the data
from there. I'm not well versed in Javascript so I'm trying to avoid
that if possible.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.
-Alex
On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:50 AM, Martin Klasson wrote:
this[f#31] = TEXT:Email%20Address;
This could work for you I guess, it wont give you a compiler error,
but I would revise the code since I wouldnt suggest this ugly solution.
If you could show more code on how you are sending the data,
as well as what Flash Player version you are targeting there would
easier to give you a more helpful hand if you want the solution to
be more legit than the solution above.
/ Martin
2008/2/21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi.
I need to pass a variable to a email sign-up form and it needs to be
named f#31
I have it written:
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
Flash gives me an error when I try to publish this and I assume its
because the variable name has the # sign. How do I get around this?
I've tried escape sequences to no avail.
Thanks!
-Alex
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Re: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign
Thanks everyone.
I couldn't get it to work in Flash, so I hid a form in my HTML
wrapper, passed the user input data to it with a Javascript function
and then sent it to the server through another Javascript call.
Probably could be cleaned up, but it works.
Thanks again.
-A
function flashTxt(txt1, txt2, txt3, txt4, txt5) {
document.getElementById('txt1').value = txt1;
document.getElementById('txt2').value = txt2;
document.getElementById('txt3').value = txt3;
document.getElementById('txt4').value = txt4;
document.getElementById('txt5').value = txt5;
}
/script
script
function submitform()
{
document.myform.submit();
}
/script
On Feb 21, 2008, at 1:37 AM, Muzak wrote:
What your database looks like and variable names in your Flash
application, have (and shouldn't have) no impact on each other.
Afterall, you'll be sending/loading data through some script/
webserver/remoting, so you can *massage* your data before sending
it to Flash and vice versa.
So saying that you need to name variables:
var f#1700253695;
var f#31
is nonsense ;-)
var myReallyCoolFlashVariableForAnEmailAddress = [EMAIL PROTECTED];
Send that to your server side script, which then stores it in the
database (or whatever).
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign
Thanks for getting back to me.
I'm targeting Flash Player 8.
Essentially, I am creating an HTML form in Flash, but I'm running
into trouble because the form refers to database field names with
symbols I can't place in a variable name and I need to pass the
variable name with the data.
The form in my FLA has input fields for First Name and Email address.
Each input field has a Var associated with it.
The First Name field's Var is f:1700253695
The Email field's Var is f:31
Then in Actionscript I have variables for the hidden fields that
would be used in an HTML version of the form (not sure if this is
necessary) and a submit button function to send the variable names
and their values to the sign-up form on the server.
var f#1700253695 = TEXT:First%20Name;
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
submitBtn.onRelease = function(){
getURL(http://www.topica.com/f/p.html;, ,GET);
}
The problem I'm having is that the database on the server requires
either the colon or the # sign in the field name, but I can't figure
out how to publish the SWF with them.
If there isn't a way, I think I will use the ExternalInterface API to
send my field values to a form in my HTML wrapper and send the data
from there. I'm not well versed in Javascript so I'm trying to avoid
that if possible.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.
-Alex
On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:50 AM, Martin Klasson wrote:
this[f#31] = TEXT:Email%20Address;
This could work for you I guess, it wont give you a compiler error,
but I would revise the code since I wouldnt suggest this ugly
solution.
If you could show more code on how you are sending the data,
as well as what Flash Player version you are targeting there would
easier to give you a more helpful hand if you want the solution to
be more legit than the solution above.
/ Martin
2008/2/21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi.
I need to pass a variable to a email sign-up form and it needs to be
named f#31
I have it written:
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
Flash gives me an error when I try to publish this and I assume its
because the variable name has the # sign. How do I get around this?
I've tried escape sequences to no avail.
Thanks!
-Alex
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RE: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign
Hi Alex, I'm very confused by this. A variable name in Flash is not what you would necessarily push to the database anyway. You would push a string, number, or other primative, not the internal variable name itself. ...Rob ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign
It sounds like your server side code is putting stuff straight into the
database from your form.
If you are doing this, then please stop - THIS IS BAD...
1, you are maybe not checking your data from the form for dodgy stuff.
2, you are probably allowing the form to specify what fields in the
database you are filling in.
3. why does your database not let you create your own tables with
sensible field names?
It may be good from a lazy programming perspective, but this is a
security nightmare.
You should always have your server side code check validate your data,
then decide where each bit of data goes. The client should not specify
where the data goes - otherwise your database ends up hacked. This also
applies to contact forms that specify the recipient in the form itself.
DON'T DO IT, IT'S BAD, LEARN ABOUT SECURITY (please) :)
HTH
Glen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for getting back to me.
I'm targeting Flash Player 8.
Essentially, I am creating an HTML form in Flash, but I'm running into
trouble because the form refers to database field names with symbols I
can't place in a variable name and I need to pass the variable name
with the data.
The form in my FLA has input fields for First Name and Email address.
Each input field has a Var associated with it.
The First Name field's Var is f:1700253695
The Email field's Var is f:31
Then in Actionscript I have variables for the hidden fields that
would be used in an HTML version of the form (not sure if this is
necessary) and a submit button function to send the variable names and
their values to the sign-up form on the server.
var f#1700253695 = TEXT:First%20Name;
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
submitBtn.onRelease = function(){
getURL(http://www.topica.com/f/p.html;, ,GET);
}
The problem I'm having is that the database on the server requires
either the colon or the # sign in the field name, but I can't figure
out how to publish the SWF with them.
If there isn't a way, I think I will use the ExternalInterface API to
send my field values to a form in my HTML wrapper and send the data
from there. I'm not well versed in Javascript so I'm trying to avoid
that if possible.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.
-Alex
On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:50 AM, Martin Klasson wrote:
this[f#31] = TEXT:Email%20Address;
This could work for you I guess, it wont give you a compiler error,
but I would revise the code since I wouldnt suggest this ugly
solution.
If you could show more code on how you are sending the data,
as well as what Flash Player version you are targeting there would
easier to give you a more helpful hand if you want the solution to
be more legit than the solution above.
/ Martin
2008/2/21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi.
I need to pass a variable to a email sign-up form and it needs to be
named f#31
I have it written:
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
Flash gives me an error when I try to publish this and I assume its
because the variable name has the # sign. How do I get around this?
I've tried escape sequences to no avail.
Thanks!
-Alex
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Re: [Flashcoders] variable with # sign
I hear you Glen.
I'm connecting to Topica, a fairly popular online email marketing
application. And I'm probably making it sound like something it isn't
out of my own ignorance.
Essentially, I'm trying to recreate the sign-up from that Topica's
system generates for its clients in HTML into Flash. The HTML form
has input text fields like NAME=f:1700253685 and I don't know how
to re-create the form function in Flash to send the user input data
entered into the corresponding field. I think I get tripped up by the
: in the NAME but that could be way wrong.
The workaround I came up with was to send the data to a hidden form
in my HTML wrapper and then submit it through a Javascript function
called from Flash. That way the form is essentially the same one the
Topica system gave me and I'm using Flash to populate it. Nothing
elegant about it, but I don't know enough and Topica doesn't provide
any support for sending the user input data directly from Flash.
And I can only trust the sign-up form they give all their users has
the safeguards you are describing below.
-A
On Feb 21, 2008, at 5:57 AM, Glen Pike wrote:
It sounds like your server side code is putting stuff straight into
the database from your form.
If you are doing this, then please stop - THIS IS BAD... 1, you are
maybe not checking your data from the form for dodgy stuff.
2, you are probably allowing the form to specify what fields in the
database you are filling in.
3. why does your database not let you create your own tables with
sensible field names?
It may be good from a lazy programming perspective, but this is a
security nightmare.
You should always have your server side code check validate your
data, then decide where each bit of data goes. The client should
not specify where the data goes - otherwise your database ends up
hacked. This also applies to contact forms that specify the
recipient in the form itself. DON'T DO IT, IT'S BAD, LEARN ABOUT
SECURITY (please) :)
HTH
Glen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for getting back to me.
I'm targeting Flash Player 8.
Essentially, I am creating an HTML form in Flash, but I'm running
into trouble because the form refers to database field names with
symbols I can't place in a variable name and I need to pass the
variable name with the data.
The form in my FLA has input fields for First Name and Email
address. Each input field has a Var associated with it.
The First Name field's Var is f:1700253695
The Email field's Var is f:31
Then in Actionscript I have variables for the hidden fields that
would be used in an HTML version of the form (not sure if this is
necessary) and a submit button function to send the variable names
and their values to the sign-up form on the server.
var f#1700253695 = TEXT:First%20Name;
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
submitBtn.onRelease = function(){
getURL(http://www.topica.com/f/p.html;, ,GET); }
The problem I'm having is that the database on the server requires
either the colon or the # sign in the field name, but I can't
figure out how to publish the SWF with them.
If there isn't a way, I think I will use the ExternalInterface API
to send my field values to a form in my HTML wrapper and send the
data from there. I'm not well versed in Javascript so I'm trying
to avoid that if possible.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.
-Alex
On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:50 AM, Martin Klasson wrote:
this[f#31] = TEXT:Email%20Address;
This could work for you I guess, it wont give you a compiler error,
but I would revise the code since I wouldnt suggest this ugly
solution.
If you could show more code on how you are sending the data,
as well as what Flash Player version you are targeting there would
easier to give you a more helpful hand if you want the solution to
be more legit than the solution above.
/ Martin
2008/2/21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi.
I need to pass a variable to a email sign-up form and it needs
to be
named f#31
I have it written:
var f#31 = TEXT:Email%20Address;
Flash gives me an error when I try to publish this and I assume its
because the variable name has the # sign. How do I get around this?
I've tried escape sequences to no avail.
Thanks!
-Alex
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