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]

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;

[Caleb Washington]

Text won't display and every textbox is stacked

[kglad]

what code are you using?

[Caleb Washington]

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);

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

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

for(i = 0; i < numAnswers; i++) {
var myAns:Answer = new Answer();

myAns.letter_txt.text = answers.attribute("text");

if(numAnswers>5){
myAns.x = 50;
myAns.y = nextY;
nextY += myAns.height;
}

myAnswers.addChild(myAns);
}
myAns.name = "text" + (i+1).toString();

}

[kglad]

what's the trace show:

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);

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

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

for(i = 0; i < numAnswers; i++) {
var myAns:Answer = new Answer();

myAns.letter_txt.text = answers.attribute("text");

if(numAnswers>5){
myAns.x = 50;
myAns.y = nextY;
nextY += myAns.height;

trace(i,myAns.letter_txt.text);
}

myAnswers.addChild(myAns);
}
myAns.name = "text" + (i+1).toString();

}

[Caleb Washington]

It works. I meant i wanted the textboxes shown horizontally.

Sorry about the confusion. The text works, though.

[kglad]

use:

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);

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

var answers: XMLList = puzzle.children()[0].children();
var numAnswers: int = answers.length();
var i: int = 0;
var:int nextX = 0; // or wherever

var:int nextY = 0; // or wherever

var:int letter_spacing = 5; // or whatever

var:int leading = 30; // or whatever

for(i = 0; i < numAnswers; i++) {
var myAns:Answer = new Answer();

myAns.name = "text" + (i+1).toString();

myAnswers.addChild(myAns);

myAns.letter_txt.text = answers.attribute("text");

myAns.letter_txt.autoSize = "left";

myAns.x = nextX;

if(myAns.x+myAns.width>Stage.stageWidth){

nextY+=leading;

nextX = 0; // or whatever

}
myAns.y = nextY;
nextX += myAns.width+letter_spacing;

}

}

[Caleb Washington]

I keep getting this....

"Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference."

But, what part is null?

[kglad]

what's the code on the line triggering the error.

[Caleb Washington]

Same code above

[Caleb Washington]

Specifically this one,

"myAns.letter_txt.text = answers.attribute("text");"

[kglad]

either myAns.letter_txt or answers don't exist.

to find which use:

trace(myAns.letter_txt.);

trace(answers)

above the problematic line of code.

[Caleb Washington]

Fixed the text problem. But, it's still showing only one text.

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 numLetters: int = letters.length();
var i: int = 0;

for(i = 0; i < numLetters; i++) {
var myAns:Answer = new Answer;
myAns.letter_txt.text = puzzle[i].item.letter.@text;
myAns.letter_txt.autoSize = "left";
myAns.x = 200;
myAns.y = 300;
myAns.name = "letter" + (i+1).toString();
myAnswers.addChild(myAns);
}
}

[kglad]

this is, at least, the third time you've made the same error.  your textfields are all overlapping.  ie, fix:

myAns.x = 200;
myAns.y = 300;

i think i've shown you how to do that by arranging them vertically and by arranging them horizontally.  what is it that you don't understand about how to assign x and y properties to arrange objects on stage?

[Caleb Washington]

I think I know what happened. I just traced it and all the letters are together to form the word.

I need them separate. That's why I was seeing one box. Other than that, I understand the x and y.

[Caleb Washington]

 It worked! I finally got it!

[Caleb Washington]

One more thing, can you make columns? If so, how?