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September 17, 2021
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Wheel of Fortune

  • September 17, 2021
  • 1 reply
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I would love to make a wheel of fortune puzzleboard.

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

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    kglad
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    Community Expert
    September 17, 2021

    xml is easier to parse.

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    September 17, 2021

    Can you show me how to?

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 25, 2021

    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();
    }


    all your textfields are on-top of each other.  check my code

     

    tf_mc.x = 20
    tf_mc.y = nextY;
    nextY += tf_mc.height;

     

     

    and fix yours

     

    myAns.x = 300;
    myAns.y = 400;