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Christmas eCard, part II – Sending and Viewing
Introduction
In the previous article of the series we have built the functionality required for composing our Christmas eCard. Today we will complete the application and build the functionality for sending as well as viewing the received card.
You won’t need a database to store eCard information; instead it will be passed to the URL containing the eCard viewer Flash movie in a query string. A server-side page will extract all the parameters from the query string and pass them to Flash.
Before attempting to send the card to the recipient we will validate user’s input.
For this task we will utilize the new Flash 8 External Interface class while putting to work JavaScript regular expressions feature.
Please note that version 8 of Flash application is required to complete this tutorial.
Alex July
Alex July is a Vancouver-based (Canada, British Columbia) Web Developer/ Graphic Artist who has an extensive experience in both creative realms.
He is also a host of Linecraft.com where he is showcasing his skills and sharing experience with the developers community. For the past 3 years Alex has been focusing on the development of Rich Internet Applications using Macromedia Flash technology.
When away from the computer Alex is practicing Martial Arts, playing guitar and enjoying time with his wonderful family.