# A form in flash
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 10, 2002, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403 "2002-09-10T11:02:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@JSn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JSn)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403/1 "2002-09-10T11:02:16Z")
I need to add a from like this ([http://www.trilitemedia.com/quote.php](http://www.trilitemedia.com/quote.php)) to a flash website. Is it difficult? Can I work around subscribing to CGI on the server end?
J
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403/2 "2002-09-10T12:26:55Z")
When you say can you work around subscribing to cgi - you mean you don’t want to use cgi? What you want is perfectly possible with cgi or php and it’s not difficult. There should be a tutorial on this site about making forms.
If that doesn’t help, post here again.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403/3 "2002-09-10T12:29:25Z")
I’m wondering if Flash can be manipulated to send form info in an email (like Frontpage does) without CGI and without triggering the clients email program.
If not, we’ll just have to pay a little extra for CGI on the server, but if it can be bypassed, that would be cool…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403/4 "2002-09-10T12:38:20Z")
No, Flash can’t parse form data itself. It sends the variables to a cgi or php etc., script.
(I took out the little smiley icon - cos it looked to funky)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403/5 "2002-09-10T12:58:08Z")
Well, I guess I’ll have to pay the 9 bux a month for CGI…
So with that being the case, how tough is it to do?
Could it theoretically be hosted somewhere else that has CGI enabled already, while the main site resides on a different server?
Is the programming pretty intense for a form like this???
J
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403/6 "2002-09-10T13:04:02Z")
No. In fact the actionscript part is quite easy. You can have the cgi or php hosted on another server. That no problem at all.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403/7 "2002-09-10T13:09:08Z")
Can you point me to an MX related tute or fill me on the details? That would be super!
J
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-form-in-flash/5403/8 "2002-09-10T13:10:31Z")
Try
[http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/php\_send\_mail/index.shtml](http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/php_send_mail/index.shtml)