Create, Validate and Email a Form in Flash

1. Create a new document and set the size to 400 x 300 ("Frame" > "Frame Size")
2. Set "Frame 1" to "Stop" ("Frame" > "Frame Delay" and check "Stop", click OK)
3. Draw 2 edit fields with the "Edit field" tool, they will appear as Edit1 and Edit2.
4. Draw a button, double-click it and rename it to "OK".
5. Draw edit field labels "Phone" and "Email" with the text tool.
6. Draw "ErrorMessage" field with the text tool. Choose "Item" > "Text Color" and change it to red.
   
   
   

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7. Select the button, choose "Item" > "Actions" > "OnClick". Select "ActionScript" and paste the following code:

// reset error message
ErrorMessage = ""; 

// validate phone field
phone = Edit1;
if(phone=="") ErrorMessage = "Enter your phone";

// validate email field
email = Edit2;
if(email=="") ErrorMessage = "Enter your email";
if(email.indexOf("@",0)<0) ErrorMessage = "Enter valid email";
if(email.indexOf(".",0)<0) ErrorMessage = "Enter valid email";

// build message string
message = "mailto:support@selteco.com?subject=Title&body=Form contents%0A";
message = message + "phone: " + phone + "%0A";
message = message + "email: " + email;

// execute form if errormessage is empty
if(ErrorMessage=="") getURL(message,"_self");

Hit F9 to preview the movie.

This form is using very basic validation. Use "%0A" as line separator.

Use the following functions or attributes of the string:

• length returns the number of characters
• charAt(x) returns zero-based character at position x
• indexOf(substring,startindex) returns the position of the first occurrence of the specified substring or -1.
• lastIndexOf(substring,startindex) returns the position of the last occurrence of the specified substring or -1.
• substr(start,n) returns n characters string starting at specified position
• toLowerCase(), toUpperCase() converts the string to lower or upper case

Download source project t1043.zip (1 kb)