Wheel of Fortune

[Caleb Washington]

I would love to make a wheel of fortune puzzleboard.

How can I make one? Should I use a text file or XML?

[kglad]

xml is easier to parse.

[Caleb Washington]

Can you show me how to?

[Caleb Washington]

How can I parse the XML data in Animate CC?

[kglad]

var r = new XMLHttpRequest();
r.open("GET", "your xml file.xml", true);
r.addEventListener("load", rF);
r.send();

function rF(e) {
parser = new DOMParser();
var xml = parser.parseFromString(e.target.response, "text/xml");

// the exact parsing depends on the structure of the loaded xml file.
alert(xml.getElementsByTagName("a tag name")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
}

[Caleb Washington]

Thanks. Will this work with the Jeopardy game also?

[Caleb Washington]

I got errors when I tried it. Can you possibly break it down for me?

This is the xml file I'm using.

[kglad]

what errors and what code are you using?

[Caleb Washington]

I used the code above. Next I tried to use the URLLoader code, but when I tried it, nothing showed up.

Am I doing something wrong?

This is the code I'm using now...

var myXML:XML = new XML();
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("puzzle1.xml");
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);

function xmlLoaded(e:Event):void{
myXML = XML(myLoader.data);

var myAnswers:Sprite = new Sprite;
myAnswers.name = "answers";
answers_mc.addChild(myAnswers);

var answers:XMLList = myXML.children();
var numAnswers:int = answers.length();
var i:int = 0;

for(i=0; i<numAnswers; i++){
var myAns:Answer = new Answer();
myAns.answer_txt = answers.attributes("name");
}
}

[kglad]

are you creating an as3 project or html5/canvas?

[Caleb Washington]

I am creating an as3 project

[kglad]

you probably want:

var myXML:XML = new XML();
var myXMLURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("puzzle1.xml");
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);

function xmlLoaded(e:Event):void{
myXML = XML(myLoader.data);

var myAnswers:Sprite = new Sprite;
myAnswers.name = "answers";
answers_mc.addChild(myAnswers);

var answers:XMLList = myXML.children()[0].children();
var numAnswers:int = answers.length();
var i:int = 0;

for(i=0; i<numAnswers; i++){
var myAns:Answer = new Answer();
myAns.answer_txt = answers[i]);
}
}

[Caleb Washington]

Tried it, but it says "Type Coercion failed: cannot convert XML@40eafff23a1 to flash.text.TextField."

What should I do?

[kglad]

use:

for(i=0; i<numAnswers; i++){
var myAns:Answer = new Answer();
myAns.answer_txt.text += answers[i].toString();
}
}

[Caleb Washington]

Now it's saying "A term is undefined and has no properties."

I think it has something to do with the XML document. What should I do now?

var xmlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("puzzle.xml");
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(xmlRequest);
var puzzle:XML;
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);

function xmlLoaded(e:Event):void{
puzzle = XML(myLoader.data);

var myAnswers:Sprite = new Sprite;
myAnswers.name = "letters";
answers_mc.addChild(myAnswers);

var letters:XMLList = puzzle.children();
var numAnswers:int = letters.length();
var i:int = 0;

for(i=0; i<numAnswers; i++){
var myAns:Answer = new Answer();
myAns.answer_txt.text += letters[i].toString();
}
}

[kglad]

click file>publish settings>tick "enable debugging">retest.

the error message will reappear with the problematic line number.  if that doesn't make the solution obvious to you, indicate the problematic line of code.

[Caleb Washington]

Well, I finally figured out a formula. How can I do the addChild effect?

var xmlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("puzzle.xml");
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(xmlRequest);
var puzzle:XML;
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);

function xmlLoaded(e:Event):void{
puzzle = XML(e.target.data);
letter_txt.text = puzzle.item.answers.answer[0];
trace("Data loaded.");
}

[kglad]

 by the "addChild effect", do you mean you want to display all your answers in a separate textfield?:

[Caleb Washington]

Yes I do.

[kglad]

do you have those textfields on stage or are you going to create them dynamically (by having a textfield in a movieclip and that movieclip has a linkage id)?

[Caleb Washington]

create them dynamically

[Caleb Washington]

textfield in a movieclip and the movieclip has a linkage id

can you show me how to do textfields on stage as well?

[kglad]

create a new movieclip with a textfield tf.  assign class name TF_MC.

var myXML: XML = new XML();
var myXMLURL: URLRequest = new URLRequest("puzzle1.xml");
var myLoader: URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);

function xmlLoaded(e: Event): void {
myXML = XML(e.target.data);

var answers: XMLList = myXML.children()[0].children();

var numAnswers: int = answers.length();
var i: int = 0;
var nextY = 0;

for(i = 0; i < numAnswers; i++) {
var tf_mc = new TF_MC();
addChild(tf_mc);
tf_mc.name = "tf_"+i;
tf_mc.tf.text = answers[i].toString();
tf_mc.x = 20
tf_mc.y = nextY;
nextY += tf_mc.height;
}
}

[Caleb Washington]

It worked! However, one only text box showed up.

var myXML: XML = new XML();
var myXMLURL: URLRequest = new URLRequest("puzzle.xml");
var myLoader: URLLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
myLoader.addEventListener("complete", xmlLoaded);

function xmlLoaded(e: Event): void {
myXML = XML(e.target.data);

var myAnswers:Sprite = new Sprite();
myAnswers.name = "answers";
answers_mc.addChild(myAnswers);

var answers: XMLList = myXML.children();
var numAnswers: int = answers.length();
var i: int = 0;

for(i = 0; i < numAnswers; i++) {
var myAns:Answer = new Answer();
myAnswers.addChild(myAns);
myAns.x = 300;
myAns.y = 400;
}
myAns.name = "text"+(i+1).toString();
}