I am working in actionscript 3.0 and am making a website!
In my website, I want to make a button that sends an email using a click of button and I don't want it to open their mail client, instead just send it.
I am currently using the "mailto" function but would like to know how to make it send automatically, or what else I can use to achieve that.
Here is a snippet of my code:
function submitPoll(e:MouseEvent):void {
//sending the email stuff
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("mailto:name@hotmail.com"+"?subject=Subject"+"&body= Hello world ");
navigateToURL(request, "_blank");
request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
//other
Submit_btn.x = -100;
pollUsed = true;
thanks_txt.x = 849;
thanks_txt.y = 656;
}
The situation with Flash is more or less the same as the situation with HTML when it comes to sending email. You have 2 options:
- Pop open the email client on the users machine using
mailto
as you are doing.
- Send a
POST
or GET
request to a server which can send the email on your behalf.
What you want to do is number 2 so that means you need access to a server capable of sending mail that can also receive GET/POST
requests. If you have script access to your webserver you can undoubtedly find a free online script that will allow you to send emails. For example:
How you send the information to the script will depend on what variables the script requires you to send. From ActionScript you will probably want to use URLLoader:
const SCRIPT_URL:String = "http:// .... your server ... / ... script file ...";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(SCRIPT_URL);
var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
// these depend on what names the script expects
variables.email = "name@hotmail.com";
variables.subject = "Subject";
variables.body = "Hello World";
request.data = variables;
// depends if the script uses POST or GET
// adjust accordingly
request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.load(request);
I think its a case of doing a URLRequest to another PHP file. Send the values of the textfield to the PHP file and process the email that way.
I don't have any code to hand, but this is what I did when I was doing the same. Hope this helps... and don't forget to validate :)