HTML form into Director

[retrodans]

I have a basic form from an HTML page, and want it to run in director, sending 2 postcodes, and receiving back the miles! How do I get a form to work, I assume its kindof like
DistanceID = getnettext("

http://www.theurl.php",

["postcode_a": PostcodeTo, "postcode_b": PostcodeFrom])
This should send the information to it, but how to I receive the variable miles back?
Cheers
Dan

/////////

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="

http://www.pc-i.co.uk/postcode_js.php">

</script>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
if(postcode_a != ""){
document.write(postcode_a + " is approx. " + miles + " miles away from " + postcode_b + "<hr/>");
}
</script>

<!-- This is the basic form needed to sumbit the data to PCI //-->
<form name="zip_lookup" id="zip_lookup" method="get">
Postcode A : <input type="text" name="post_a" id="post_a" /> <br/>
Postcode B : <input type="text" name="post_b" id="post_b" /> <br/>
<input type="submit" value="Lookup Distance" />
</form>

<!-- Required Link //-->
Script Provided by: <a href="

http://www.pc-i.co.uk"

target="_blank" title="Business Solutions in Kent">PCI LTD</a> (make sure I have this link wherever I use this code!)

 

[kennethkawamoto]

netTextResult()" is what you need.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[retrodans]

Im afraid that didnt solve my problem, it still sends me the code from the PHP, not the result found.

The HTML I use is here:

http://www.retrobadger.net/PRIVATE/Javascript/PostcodeFinder.htm?post_a=TA3+5LW&post_b=PL4+6NA

And my DCR here:

http://www.retrobadger.net/chestnuttree/GovernmentPage/media/PostcodeFinder2.dcr

I need to run to method=get to get the miles from one spot to another!

 

[kennethkawamoto]

I'm afraid this is not really a Director issue. If you want to use the PHP in the way you're trying, you have to modify the PHP first, as it is written to be used in the HTML.

However, you can use Director or Flash to capture the user input and display the result without modifying the PHP script. If you want to do that then you have to send the query to the HTML (not PHP), then send the result to DCR/SWF by using SW-vars/FlashVars.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[retrodans]

Sending and receiving to the HTML sounds perfect, I guess it uses the same get net text to send the info (except to the HTML instead) so will try this, but could not find any info on SW-vars anywhere? Is it javascript I assume? $swvars how it's written?
Cheers for your help with this!
Dan Duke

 

[kennethkawamoto]

SW-vars" are just like FlashVars for Flash: you can pass variables from the HTML to the DCR by writing <embed>/<object> tags dynamically.

In your case you'd use Javascript to write dynamic HTML tags with SW vars.

More info:
<

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15898>

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[retrodans]

Cool, well it sends a static variable to me in IE, doesn't seem to work in firefox. But more importantly, I cant see how I am going to get the variables from director to the HTML, getnettext can send variables, but how can I get it to put them in the form boxes, and click go?
Thanks so much for your advice!

 

[kennethkawamoto]

As I said, without modifying the PHP code the only way is to replicate the HTML function using Director.

I made a quick DCR does just that:
<

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/dev/postcode/postcode.htm>

Works on Firefox and IE.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk