Hi Shade,

You can collect unvalidated data by loop through FormDataManagerEvent.collectedData.

For instance, in sample movie of SimpleFormToBegin.as , try to add those line below in handlerDataCollectionFail function.

private function handlerDataCollectionFail(e : FormDataManagerEvent) : void {
// Let's collect error messages is in the failedData.
var resultTxt : String = "### Errors in your form ### \n\n";
for (var i:String in FormDataManager.failedData) {
resultTxt += i + " : " + FormDataManager.failedData[i] + " \n";
}

/* ADD three lines below */

for (var ii:String in e.collectedData) {
resultTxt += ii + " >>> " + e.collectedData[ii] + " \n";
}

// And show it in a textArea.
if(!collectedDataOutput) this.addChild(addCollectedDataOutput());
collectedDataOutput.text = resultTxt;
}

"FormDataManagerEvent" has public var "collectedData" which is stored un-required fields' data during the validation process.

Hope this helps.

Kay.

--- In ydn-flash@yahoogroups.com, "shadetyler" <shadetyler@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to build a contact form where users can enter information
> and it will then collect and send that information to me. In the
> situation where someone decides they don't want to complete the form and
> decide to cancel, I would like to have that information collected and
> sent to me as well. I am trying to loop through the data in the static
> class FormDataManager and it will not return any values from the
> collectedData attribute unless the validation and form submittion have
> been executed. I know I could keep my own references to the form objects
> and call them directly, but the contact form is generated dynamically
> making this approach not ideal.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Shade
>