Methods

Guestbook class

org.thesourcecode.utils.Guestbook

 

Overview

Author

Hasan Otuome [hasan.otuome.com]

Version

1.0

Usage

import org.thesourcecode.utils.Guestbook;
var gb:Guestbook =  new Guestbook(this);

Description

Easy way to add a guestbook to a Flash app. Just specify the name of the MovieClip from whenst the class is invoked.

Methods

 

getPosts

Usage

gb.getPosts("guestbook.asp?action=view",entries,1,10});

Description

Retrieves the guestbook entries from the specified url and displays them in the text display specified by target. Optionally, you can set a range of posts to retrieve by specifying values for min and max (Your guestbook script will need to be set up for this option)

Parameters

url
(String) location of the guestbook script
target
(TextField instance) instance name of a dynamic TextField or TextArea component to use for entry display
min
(Number) indicates the low limit of the entry retrieval range (Optional)
max
(Number) indicates the high limit of the entry retrieval range (Optional)

Returns

Nothing.
 

addPost

Usage

gb.addPost(["TextField1","TextField2","TextField3"],"guestbook.asp?action=add");

Description

Adds the user entered information into the "guestbook" and refreshes the entry display.

Parameters

fields
(Array) array used to hold the instance names of the user input TextFields
url
(String) location of the guestbook update script

Returns

Nothing.