Linking Flash to FormMail.pl

Question

I'm trying to put together a simple form in flash but have
had trouble getting it to recognize the formmail.pl file in my
cgi-bin folder. Do I need to indicate in the .swf file who the
"recipient" is and if so, how and where to I type that information.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. The "join" form is currently
under the "contact us" tab at www.elkhornpeakcellars.com if you'd
like to see what fields are involved in the form itself. Thanks in
advance.
Below is the code at the first frame of my timeline:
stop();
//-----<send form LoadVars>-----\\
var gatherForm:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
function sendForm() {
gatherForm.email_to = "[email protected]";
gatherForm.visitor_comments = contactForm.userComments.text;
gatherForm.visitor_name = contactForm.userName.text;
gatherForm.visitor_email = contactForm.userEmail.text;
gatherForm.send("../cgi-bin/formmail.pl", "_blank", "POST");
//-----</send form LoadVars>-----\\
_global.style.setStyle("fontFamily", "Bitstream Vera Sans
Bold");
_global.style.setStyle("embedFonts", true);
_global.style.setStyle("FontSize", 12);
_global.style.setStyle("color", 0x5C754E);
//--------------------<submit button
AS>---------------------\\
this.contactForm.submitBtn.btnLabel.autoSize = "center";
this.contactForm.submitBtn.btnLabel.text = "submit";
// onRollOver
this.contactForm.submitBtn.onRollOver = function() {
contactForm.submitBtn.gotoAndStop (2);
// onRollOut
this.contactForm.submitBtn.onRollOut = function() {
contactForm.submitBtn.gotoAndStop (1);
// onRelease
this.contactForm.submitBtn.onRelease = function() {
if (contactForm.userEmail.text =="" ||
contactForm.userName.text == "" || contactForm.userComments.text ==
gotoAndStop ("error");
} else {
sendForm();
gotoAndStop ("correct");
//--------------------</submit button
AS>---------------------\\

Answer 1

Yes, you need to specify who the recipient is.
gatherForm.recipient = "email address here"
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> I'm trying to put together a simple form in flash but
have had trouble
> getting
> it to recognize the formmail.pl file in my cgi-bin
folder. Do I need to
> indicate in the .swf file who the "recipient" is and if
so, how and where
> to I
> type that information. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. The "join"
> form
> is currently under the "contact us" tab at
www.elkhornpeakcellars.com if
> you'd
> like to see what fields are involved in the form itself.
Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Below is the code at the first frame of my timeline:
>
> stop();
>
> //-----<send form LoadVars>-----\\
> var gatherForm:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
>
> function sendForm() {
> gatherForm.email_to = "[email protected]";
> gatherForm.visitor_comments =
contactForm.userComments.text;
> gatherForm.visitor_name = contactForm.userName.text;
> gatherForm.visitor_email = contactForm.userEmail.text;
>
> gatherForm.send("../cgi-bin/formmail.pl", "_blank",
"POST");
> }
> //-----</send form LoadVars>-----\\
>
> _global.style.setStyle("fontFamily", "Bitstream Vera
Sans Bold");
> _global.style.setStyle("embedFonts", true);
> _global.style.setStyle("FontSize", 12);
> _global.style.setStyle("color", 0x5C754E);
>
> //--------------------<submit button
AS>---------------------\\
>
> this.contactForm.submitBtn.btnLabel.autoSize = "center";
> this.contactForm.submitBtn.btnLabel.text = "submit";
>
> // onRollOver
> this.contactForm.submitBtn.onRollOver = function() {
> contactForm.submitBtn.gotoAndStop (2);
> }
>
> // onRollOut
> this.contactForm.submitBtn.onRollOut = function() {
> contactForm.submitBtn.gotoAndStop (1);
> }
>
> // onRelease
> this.contactForm.submitBtn.onRelease = function() {
> if (contactForm.userEmail.text =="" ||
contactForm.userName.text == "" ||
> contactForm.userComments.text == "") {
> gotoAndStop ("error");
> } else {
> sendForm();
> gotoAndStop ("correct");
> }
> }
>
> //--------------------</submit button
AS>---------------------\\
>
>