Ok, so I have been using Flash for several months and just thought I was getting the hang of things when I came across a client that wants a mapquest form for direction in their website. The website is Flash entirely and on one of the page you click on a link that opens up a scrolling flash window (popup)
on (release) {
_root.popup_pressed=1;
_root.scrHEIGHT=240
_root.scroller.scroller.gotoAndStop(2);
_root.TM_title = "Directions";
_root.READ = 5;
_root.scroller.gotoAndPlay("s1");
}
The issue here, however, is I want to put this in that pop up flash window:
<form action="http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp" method="get">
<div align="center">
<input type="hidden" name="go" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="2a" value="234 Cahaba Valley Rd">
<input type="hidden" name="2c" value="Pelham">
<input type="hidden" name="2s" value="AL">
<input type="hidden" name="2z" value="35124">
<input type="hidden" name="2y" value="US">
<br>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font: 11px Arial,Helvetica;">
<tr><td colspan="2" style="font-weight: bold;"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/"><img border="0" src="http://cdn.mapquest.com/mqstyleguide/ws_wt_sm" alt="MapQuest"></a></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" style="font-weight: bold;">FROM:</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2">Address or Intersection: </td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><input type="text" name="1a" size="22" maxlength="30" value=""></td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">City: </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2"><input type="text" name="1c" size="22" maxlength="30" value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td>State:</td>
<td> ZIP Code:</td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="1s" size="4" maxlength="2" value=""></td><td>
<input type="text" name="1z" size="8" maxlength="10" value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2">Country:</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><select name="1y"><option value="CA">Canada</option><option value="US" selected>United States</option></select></td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding-top: 10px;"><input type="submit" name="dir" value="Get Directions" border="0"></td></tr>
<input type="hidden" name="CID" value="lfddwid">
</table>
</div>
</form>
I know how to create forms, for the most part, in flash such as a contact and submit form, but this mapquest form is very particular and I need to put in that exact code inorder for it to work properly. How can I make Flash read and use that “form action” so that it displays properly inside the flash window? Cheers!
P.S. Just a thought, if this is not possible to use raw HTML code in Flash like that, there must be a way to have Flash externally link to an HTML file that has that form code within it. That way Flash will display the desired form just as a php include would in any other situation… Would that be an easier alternative?
