I did think of that... however, I came across some discussions in my research about email clients blocking embedded flash and such.. I have not confirmed this yet, but the downside is that you would have to ensure your recipient had the flash plugin, etc....
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:20 AM Subject: Re: CF & Flash (crazy idea?) > I'd say part one is definately possible, but part 2 is pushing it. > > Here's a question....Why does it have to be an HTML form? If you're sending > it via e-mail can't you just send the HTML that embeds the SWF....that way > the user can fill the form out in Flash?? > > It just sounds like mabye you've overthought this one and made it more > complex than it has to be ;-) > > HTH > > Cheers > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > t. 250.920.8830 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Macromedia Associate Partner > www.macromedia.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group > Founder & Director > www.cfug-vancouverisland.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael T. Tangorre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:58 AM > Subject: CF & Flash (crazy idea?) > > > > Hi everyone. > > > > I have an idea and need to know if it is within the capabilities of Flash > and CF. What I would like to do is provide an interface for users to come > to, where they can create forms and position the form elements and element > labels wherever they wish (within a maximum area). How I envision this > working would be to provide within the interface an area that contained a > list of possible form elements to choose from (text input, text area, radio, > check). When a user dragged one of these into the "form area" they could > give it a label and fill in the attributes of that element as well as > position the element and its label wherever they wanted (within the bounds > of course). Now for the crazy part... > > > > Would it be possible to take that Flash movie that the user interacted > with to create the initial form and process it into an HTML form where the > layout was almost identical if not exactly identical to how it was created > via the Flash interface (from a positioning and layout standpoint)? I was > thinking maybe there are some functions in flash to get element coordinates, > etc... > > > > The idea would be that this form could be used within an HTML email or > website to gather user feedback. The second part would be to build some kind > of container on the backend whereas those results/responses could be stored. > > > > Obviously this is a complex idea, one in which is beyond the scope of my > abilities at this time. > > > > Anyone have thoughts, ideas, technologies to look at, etc... ? > > > > Mike > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
