iframe post-form using fb:friendselector passing values - facebook

I am trying to build an facebook-iframe application, where you can select friends to send them some information.
So i build a form method="post", put in some input fields, and a friend selector.
The fb:friend input field is renderd .. works fine.. but it doesn't pass over the selected friends.
Do i have to fix it by javascript?
Is there a simpler solution?
thx sven
Code:
<form action="http://xxx.net/index.php" method="post" target="_top">
<input id="sometext" name="sometext" type="text" size="30" maxlength="30">
<br/>
<fb:serverFbml>
<script type="text/fbml">
<fb:fbml>
<fb:friend-selector uid="$user" name="$user" idname="friendselector"/>
</fb:fbml>
</script>
</fb:serverFbml><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">
</form>

Actually, to my knowledge you can't fix it with Javascript.
I need more details (!), but it sounds like you may be attempting to use the FBML implementation of fb-friend-selector, without fb-request-form.
If so, try this: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fbml/request-form/
(!) Can you post your HTML code here? It's likely an implementation issue that we can figure out through your code.

Ok, i am not alone, so here is an other way to cope with it.
Facebook-like styled Multifriendselector.
http://mike.brevoort.com/2010/08/10/introducing-the-jquery-facebook-multi-friend-selector-plugin/

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Here is the form:
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Look at the source of the first page and see if there is anything
strange there.
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exactly what is being posted to login.cfm.
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facebook friend selector not appearing/does not load?

I am using the below mentioned code to show a friend-selector list, but it's not loading anymore. It used to work some time back.
It does show that it's loading with the typical facebook style ajax loading animation and after some time nothing happens. Only the button appears, but not the input field in which user can type the friends name. What do I need to do to make the input field appear?
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<fb:friend-selector name="uid" idname="ids"></fb:friend-selector>
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Add" class="inputbutton" />
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FBML is deprecated. Try using the current API and see if that fixes your issue.

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Hey guys,
I've used the search as well so I am confident in asking the question here without doing anything wrong :P
Recently I was developing for fun and learning purposes another Facebook application! Basically what I want it to do is:
1.) You choose something to click on
2.) You choose from the fb friend selector formular one friend
and then the app does a wall posting with the item chosen at point 1 on the wall of the friend chosen from point 2!
The thing is, i created a php post formular and had the fb friend selector in it like that:
<form action="send.php" id="testForm" method="post">
[blah blah the items to choose]
<fb:serverfbml style="width: 240px; height: 700px;">
<script type="text/fbml">
<fb:fbml>
<fb:friend-selector uid="$user" name="uid" idname="uid2"/>
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</script>
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<?php
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and none of them showed me a value at all
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You need to do something like this:
<fb:serverfbml width="615">
<script type="text/fbml">
<form name="form" action="http://www.remy-mellet.com/remote/fb/reverse/temp.php" id="form">
<fb:friend-selector uid="797350112" name="uid" idname="friend"/>
<INPUT type="submit" value="test">
</form>
</script>
</fb:serverfbml>
Parameters received:
<?php
print_r($_POST);
print_r($_GET);
?>