Component state

[tviman]

I have several combo boxes. radio buttons , and check boxes on a form. I also have a form validation script that is fired when the user clicks the Submit button. If there is an error, I take the user to the next frame in th emovie clip, display some error text and a BACK button. When the user clicks the BACK button, they are returned to the form. When this happens, none of the comboboxes , radio buttons, or check boxes remember their respective states.

There's got to be a simpler way to maintain the states of these components. Currently, I can trap the selectedIndex() of the combo boxes, and the "clicked" states of the buttons and check boxes but nothing I've tried will return any of these components to their previous states. I'd be grateful for any clues on how to get this done.

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[oldnewbie]

Here's how I did it on a radio button, moving between 2 scenes... It retains it's setting when you go back to scene 1. Guess it could be done on 2 frames.

http://blake.prohosting.com/~tektips/radio.swf

http://blake.prohosting.com/~tektips/radio.fla

 

[tviman]

Thanks, oldnewbie... I can see the SWF file but I can't seem to get the FLA file. Could you zip it so I can download it?

Many thanks....

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[oldnewbie]

http://blake.prohosting.com/~tektips/radio.zip

 

[tviman]

Oldnewbie...

Thank you! I'm not anywhere near the Flash programmer that you are and I just don't see how you are making this work! Would it be too much to ask for a little step-by-step explanation? I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks again,

Patrick

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