Quoting Mark Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Mark...
That method works great if you have all text fields, or dropdowns, or textareas. But what if you have a raxio button or a checkbox? How do you indicate if a field is required? How do you perform validation on fields of a certain type? I'm writing something that is a point and shoot. Type out some lines of XML following the supplied pattern and it will build the form for you AND process it as well. andy > Andy Matthews wrote: > > CFMAIL is a form handler, but it does require a moderate amount of coding > to > > send the values of specific form fields to the recipient. What I'm talking > > about is something that you could use as a processing page for ANY form > you > > create. You'd never need to touch the processing script at all, just set > up > > the form and point it at the handler. > > Hi Andy > > I may be misunderstanding something here, so correct me if I'm wrong, > but can't you just loop over the form collection inside cfmail? As far > as the cfmail variables go, I usually have a globals file and set my > email variables in that: > > <cfset server_mail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" /> > <cfset admin_mail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" /> > <cfset webmaster_mail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" /> > > When you want to process a form that requires mailing, attach the > subject to the form submission url... > > <form method="post" action="processForm.cfm?subject=Form Subject"> > or if you're using a framework this can obviously be done elsewhere > (if it's fusebox, inside the fuseaction, for instance). > > Then the following should be able to hand most email submissions without > the need for hardcoding. > > <cfmail from="#server_mail#" to="#admin_mail#" subject="#subject#"> > <cfloop item="formfield" collection="#form#"> > <cfif formfield NEQ "fieldnames" AND Trim(Len(formfield))> > #formfield# : #form[formfield]# > </cfif> > </cfloop> > </cfmail> > > Code not tested but this should give you the general idea. > > HTH > > Adieu > Mark > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:239821 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
