Under HTTPService in LiveDocs: Due to a software limitation, HTTPService does not generate user-friendly error messages when using GET.
Could that be your problem? On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM, brucewhealton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Did you try the form itself? I guess I didn't show the link. It is > here: http://futurewavedesigns.com/ContactUs/ContactForm.html > When I enter information into the form, I get no response after I hit > Submit. Can you try that page and see what happens for you? Unless > you tried it already but I didn't list the page. > > I think it is fixed. It seems to work fine now. I just need to add > some validation. I have this in my php form mailer: > $OK = mail ($mail_to, $subject, $message, $headers); > if ($OK) > { > echo 'sent=OK'; > } > else > { > echo '&sent=ERROR'; > } > > I don't know how to make it not send the message and set an error. If > that does happen, my Flex code checks for event.result="ERROR" which I > don't think is going to work with the php code I just listed. I hope > someone here reading this knows some about php so that I can figure > out what to do to change the code so that it gives the user a message > if the email was not sent. I tried something that wasn't working > which is this: > else > { > die("failed"); > } > > That failed to cause any response at all from the form. > Bruce > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "valdhor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It works for me although it does display the alert twice - once for > > the eventListener you add in sendMyData and once for the result > > handler in the HTTPService tag. > > > > In your result handler you should be checking the response you get > > back from the server and display an alert accordingly. > > > > One thing that will probably help you out a lot is to get an HTTP > > debugging proxy like Charles (http://www.charlesproxy.com/). I use it > > every day. > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "brucewhealton" <bruce@> wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > > I have been unable to figure out why something simple is not > > > happening in a form of mine. I have a form that does successfully > > > take the user input and email it to us. However, for some reason, the > > > Alert button that should give the user feedback is not working. It > > > just hangs there when the user clicks on the submit button. > > > > > > I will need to share the code to get help with this. It is > > > very basic and it does send the email message. I'll trim off > > > extraneous appearance code that is not related to the actual logic of > > > the form. > > > So, we have the main application that has a Panel that calls the > > > ContactFormComp (for ContactFormComponent)(leaving off the Application > > > tag, of course: > > > > > > <mx:Panel title="Contact Future Wave Designs"> > > > <forms:ContactFormComp id="MyContactForm"/> > > > </mx:Panel> > > > > > > So, now we have the form component - this will be a bit longer, though > > > still rather simple, but I don't know why it doesn't call the Alert > > > function: > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > <mx:Form xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> > > > > > > <mx:Script> > > > <![CDATA[ > > > import mx.controls.Alert; > > > import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent; > > > import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent; > > > > > > private function sendMyData():void > > > { > > > var obj:Object = new Object(); > > > obj.Name = Name.text; > > > obj.email = email.text; > > > obj.phone = phone.text; > > > obj.message = message.text; > > > myContactService.send(obj); > > > myContactService.resultFormat = "text"; > > > myContactService.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT, resultHandler); > > > myContactService.addEventListener(FaultEvent.FAULT, fault_handler); > > > } > > > > > > private function resetForm(event:MouseEvent):void > > > { > > > Name.text = ""; > > > email.text = ""; > > > phone.text = ""; > > > message.text = ""; > > > } > > > > > > private function resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void > > > { > > > Alert.show("Thank you! Your message has been emailed", "Thank > > you!"); > > > > > > } > > > > > > private function fault_handler():void > > > { > > > Alert.show("There was a problem.", "Problem Encountered"); > > > } > > > ]]> > > > </mx:Script> > > > > > > > > > <mx:HTTPService id="myContactService" > > > url="mail_sender.php" > > > method="POST" > > > result="resultHandler(event)" > > > resultFormat="text"/> > > > > > > <mx:Label text="Your Contact Information"/> > > > <mx:FormItem label="Name:"> > > > <mx:TextInput id="Name" width="200" /> > > > </mx:FormItem> > > > <mx:FormItem label="Email:"> > > > <mx:TextInput id="email" width="200"/> > > > </mx:FormItem> > > > <mx:FormItem label="Phone Number:"> > > > <mx:TextInput id="phone" width="200"/> > > > </mx:FormItem> > > > <mx:FormItem label="Message:"> > > > <mx:TextArea id="message" width="200"/> > > > </mx:FormItem> > > > > > > > > > <mx:FormItem> > > > <mx:Button label="Submit" fontSize="16" click="sendMyData()"/> > > > </mx:FormItem> > > > <mx:FormItem> > > > <mx:Button label="Reset Form" fontSize="16" > > > click="resetForm(event)"/> > > > </mx:FormItem> > > > </mx:Form> > > > > > > I don't know if there is a problem with my php code but it does email > > > the form. In order to share that, I have the php code in a text file > > > here: http://futurewavedesigns.com/ContactUs/mail_sender.php.txt > > > You'll see it is basic. Please let me know if you see any error > > > explaining why it doesn't get to the Alert message. > > > thanks, and > > > Here's an additional issue... > > > If anyone knows php how would I send a message from the php form > > > saying "Ok" or "Fault." That is in the code but I am not sure how to > > > send it back to Flex. > > > Thanks > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > -- And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
