Stupid me with a form question (easy peasy)

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I have a question. Is there a way to create a temporary form with flash? Like, I have a flash form, and then when I submit it I make a form object or soemthing temp on the server until I send the varibles somewhere else and then it goes away?

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Hi golgi,
This rather depends on where you are sending the form(from & to) and what you are using to send it - also where do you want the form to stay - actually on the server or on the users screen ?

SteveD

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lol
ok, trying to send form data to an email address using ASP CDONTS, and i want the temp created form to be on the server, not so the user can see it if possible. is that what you need to know?

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Well…(thinks out loud)
You could create a database, enter the form details into the db and then issue a drop command when a fixed amount of time has elapsed or when you know that the details have been sent/received.
The next bit is very unfortunate - I know absolutely nothing about ASP as I have only ever used PHP ( lol)
But the above is the general gist, about the only way I can think of - anyone else ?

Still thinking…
you could probably save the details to a txt file(much less complicated), however, again I would only know how to do this with php

Cheers

SteveD

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thanks for the ideas steve, all this is way over my head, but i have a feeling i’m going to need to do this in a day or two…lol…

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Hi,
Well, I am currently working on a large Ecard site project, the user types in his message, clicks send, the correct Ecard is sent and the message, person it is sent to, person who is sending it and both email addresses are stored in a txt file on the server. This all done with AS and PHP.
If you are happy to use PHP and your server supports it I can take a look for you over the next few days ( several actually), just post you fla with the form in it and I’ll see…

Cheers

SteveD

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thanks for the offer, but i can’t use PHP! lol. believe me, i love it. love love love it! but the darn server doesnt support it so i have to use ASP. :frowning: it’s funny, cuz i spent a few days here getting help form a few folks on the PHP form cuz it was initially in PHP. i was having issues using the checkbox components. but we got it all working and straigtened out, and then my boss turns around and says, sorry, gotta redo it, no PHP on the server, (we had both thought there was…hehe)