You might find the CForm component handy for complex Form layouts: http://flexed.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/component-cform-v10/
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "brucewhealton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > I could use some advice on a Flex design. I am needing to > create a form, a rather lengthy one, using Flex. I was thinking of > starting with a Flex Component, in particular a Custom component based > on the Form component. > In particular, it will have this: > <mx:Form xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> > <mx:FormItem label="First Name:"> > <mx:TextInput id="firstName"/> > </mx:FormItem> > <mx:FormItem label="Your Company or Organization:"> > <mx:TextInput id="lastName" width="184"/> > </mx:FormItem> > </mx:Form> > > So, I'm wondering about some other ways of wrapping and presenting all > of this. > 1) The form tag is required, is it not? And the FormItem tag? I know > there are other layout options but there must be these tags, or am I > mistaken? > 2) Assuming that is true, then all the fields, labels, form elements > and the submit button must be inside the same Form tag, correct? > 3) If the form is long, how would I use either Accordion features, or > view states or something else to allow easier presentation of > different segments of the form? In other words, I don't want this > going on for 20+ items, including TextAreas, as that could be long. > 4) Most importantly, I have a php application that takes the form data > and prepares it to be emailed and then emails the user responses to 2 > email addresses specified in the code. How do I make the data and > make it available to the php form processor? Does the id correspond > to the name attribute in an html form? > I think I use HTTPService to do this somehow but I could use > help, please. > I do know how to Validate the data using Flex, I just need to be > able to take that form input fields and checkboxes, etc. and send it > to the php application for it to be processed and emailed. > Lastly, would ColdFusion work better with this than PHP? > Thanks, > Bruce >
