How to set a variable to a checkbox?

Look under your flash help for getSelectedItem() for info...

U should give the checkbox an instance name. Then where you have all your variables to send to your .asp along with name, adress ect. you should put
instance = instance.getSelectedItem().label;

instance being the instancename you gave your checkbox.

Hope that helps

Thanks Mixart - I will try this morning....will post back here whether successful!
cheers
Jim

No - not working :-(

My chk box is called 'chk1'

So my AS on my submit button looks like this:
on (release) {
      chk1 = chk1.getSelectedItem().label;
getURL("http://www.holmes.7host.com/promise/mypage.asp", "", "POST");

}

My corresponding ASP page looks like this:

<% @language="VBSCRIPT" %>
<%

Dim myMail, myBody

myBody = "Name: "& request.form("name") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Email: "& request.form("email") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Position: "& request.form("position") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Company: "& request.form("company") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Address: "& request.form("address") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Postcode: "& request.form("postcode") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Telephone: "& request.form("telephone") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Open Courses: "& request.form("chk1") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "In house Courses: "& request.form("chk2") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Organisational Development: "& request.form("chk3") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Message: "& vbcrlf & request.form("message")

Set myMail = CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")

myMail.BodyFormat=1
myMail.MailFormat=1
myMail.From=request.form("email")
myMail.To="holmes@dircon.co.uk"
myMail.Subject="Response from Promise Website"
myMail.Body=myBody
myMail.Send

set myMail=nothing

%>

I get all the info, but nothing for the checkboxes???

Any other ideas where I'm going wrong?

thanks v much!

Have you checked that "chk1" is actually set a value after the submit button is pressed?
ie. trace("Checked value: "+chk1);

Good point muso - no - it seems no value is being set. ( why didn't I think of that!)
So - why is no value being set * sigh* :-)

Have you tried something like:
chk1 = (chk1.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";

This is of course assuming that chk1.getValue() is returning a value though.  I haven't checked how a boolean translates when it gets posted with your method, which is why I suggest maybe trying assigning it a string value - as above.  Be careful that this doesn't always return "false" if there is still a problem returning the value from the checkbox.

Actually, I think the assignment is flawed anyway:
chek1 = (chk1.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";

chk1 shouldn't overwrite the Checkbox instance, so assign a variable with a different name to it

Thanks Muso - but which part of that statement is tthe variable?

chk1 = (chk1.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";

chk1 =

Is this bit the declared variable? So if I changed it to:

box1 = (chk1.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";

that would be better?

I think we are getting somewhere - though you are correct - it does always return 'false' - but at least it's returning something. How do I reslove the permanent 'false' value being set?

thanks
Jim

Sorry, it seems getValue and getSelectedItem aren't supported by the CheckBox component; selected is.

And, yes, I would change it to "box1 = " (that is the variable, as it is what is being assigned the
value).

Try this:
box1 = (chk1.selected==true) ? "true" : "false";

Nope - same thing - constantly 'false'...:-(

is chk1 the name of your checkbox?

yep. I have three actually, chk1, chk2, chk3

Hmm...  selected works for me.

Try putting this code in one of yourCheckBoxes

on(click){
      trace(this.selected);
}

Does it alternate true/false?

No - for a start it tells me it has to be on a clip event - but the trace just throws up 'undefined' whether checked ot not....

Which checkbox component are you using - is it the standard MM one?

Are you using Flash 5?

Yep - standard one - Flash MX

I'm assuming this code
box1 = (chk1.selected==true) ? "true" : "false";

is placed in the frame? Not on the checkbox itself?

I think the differences are because you are using Flash MX - I'm on MX2004.

There is a little bit of info here, and it appears you need the FULL path to the CheckBox in MX for it to read the value...
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004&file=00002128.html

Does this help?

> is placed in the frame? Not on the checkbox itself?

Sorry, that's correct...  although it would work equally well on the onClipEvent(mouseUp) I think

Sorry - I don't get where that '_root.' would go - is it before the 'trace' function is called?

thanks for your patience!

Try:
box1 = (_root.chk1.selected==true) ? "true" : "false";

and for the trace:
onClipEvent(mouseUp){
     trace(_root.chk1.selected);
}

:-(
nope - still just returns 'undefined'....

I have posted the .fla here if you want to take a look - it's not very big:

http://www.holmes.7host.com/promise_4.fla

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Okay,

I just tried this, and it works
      trace(_level0.chk1.getValue());

Looks like it was maybe "selected" after all that caused a problem?

Nice looking project!

Thanks Muso - but I'm still getting 'undefined' here..I just don't understand it!

Hey! It works! It's back to front ( so when checked it reads as false - but who cares!)...thats great - now all I have to do is figure how to read this into the ASP page that handles the form.

Thanks so much for your efforts Muso!

Hey, I'm just glad we got there in the end!!

Yes, it doesn't get set a value until after you press it, so it's true value is always NOT what is being traced.  It would be correct where you originally had the code though.

Ah - I see. So when passed to the ASP it will be the right way round..

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The only reason that it is the wrong way around, is because the code is on the mouseUp function; it seems that this is triggered before the onChange of the CheckBox.  In any case, if it is still the wrong way around, you can just reverse it's value when setting the value of the variable to go to the form ;-)

Yep! Thats great.

Are you familiar with ASP? Just wondering the correct way to call the chkbox variables given the way the rest of the form data is retrieved ( see code at top of page) - or should I start a new question?

Thanks Muso!

> Are you familiar with ASP?

ASP VBScript - grudgingly, yes! (I don't like VBScript much personally)

> the correct way to call the chkbox variables given the way the rest of the form data is retrieved

Exactly the same way as the other variables; if you use:
box1 = (_root.chk1.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";

as before it will ensure that the value passed is a string, and is true/false.  That just makes it easier to read, if you email the results, but you can equally set the strings to "-1" and "0", for a database for example

Cool - thanks muso.
Did you do a course in this stuff or just teach yourself?
Trouble is I'm a designer really and as such have a brain that struggles with logic and math!

Taught myself.  I've been programming in various languages for a long time, and read a book on advanced actionscript from cover-to-cover (forget what it was called) before I even started.  I had been thrown in at the deep-end at work though, as my first project was an all Flash/HTML app integrated with ASP, and to be used by about 5,000 users.  Mind, with that kind of pressure, you learn fast!

Yikes - fear does encourage you to pick things up quick!

Arrrgh! Just when yo think you have won - I can't get the values into the asp form > and email response now!

using:
myBody = myBody & "Open Courses: "& request.form("box1") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "In house Courses: "& request.form("box2") & vbcrlf
myBody = myBody & "Organisational Development: "& request.form("box3") & vbcrlf

but just come in blank :-(

..and these actions on the submit button:
on (release) {
      box1 = chk1.getSelectedItem().label;
      box2 = chk2.getSelectedItem().label;
      box3 = chk2.getSelectedItem().label;
      box1 = (_root.chk1.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";
      box2 = (_root.chk2.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";
      box3 = (_root.chk3.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";
      
getURL("http://www.holmes.7host.com/promise/mypage.asp", "", "POST");
}

try:
    _root.box1 = (_root.chk1.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";
     _root.box2 = (_root.chk2.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";
     _root.box3 = (_root.chk3.getValue()==true) ? "true" : "false";

btw, the three proceeding lines are redundant in your code, as the values are re-assigned by these three lines.

Nope - still blank - ( have removed redundant code!)

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Are they actually blank, or always false again?

You could maybe use this ASP code to see what information is actually being passed to it, it might give a clue:

<%
Response.Write(Request.Form)
%>

I still dont get how box1/2/3 are not being sent with the POST data, as I think it should be all the fields in _root.  getURL posts data from whereever it is called - i.e. myMovieClip.getURL( ... ) would submit all fields in the movieclip object myMovieClip.

I hope this is helping!

Hi muso - yep the fields are blank - not false..
and yes, this is helping a lot thanks!

Whereabouts do i put the 'response.write'...at the end of the asp page?

Anywhere really - at the end will do.  It literally should just dump the contents of the form data

FUIComponentClass=%5Btype+Function%5D&FCheckBoxClass=%5Btype+Function%5D&FPushButtonClass=%5Btype+Function%5D&box1=true&box2=false&box3=false&message=test&name=jim&position=ghj&company=ghjgh&address=jg&postcode=hjghj&telephone=ghj&email=ghjghjghj
 

well - seems to me like thats showing a result for box 1,2,3?

So why doesn't it post in the email?

Not sure - maybe it's treating it as a boolean

try converting it to a string for myBody:  cstr(request.form("box1"))

or changing true/false to something else:  ? "true" : "false";

It works!!!
Yaay!
Thanks muso - fantastic stuff... :-))

Yipee!

Was that cstr that worked?

Yep! Guess  it was