Thanks Ktu
Yes, that sounds right. However, I'm not trying to enter the text as
html. When I've tried to alter the script to allow this, it's crashed.
I probably ought to go back and fix this properly, but I'm looking for
a way to put line breaks in non-html dynamic text. I'll keep digging
and let you know how I get on.
Paul
On 19 May 2010 16:38, Ktu <ktu_fl...@cataclysmicrewind.com> wrote:
> >From what I remember when using xml with html, you need to wrap your html
> inside of a* <![CDATA[**]]>* to get it to render properly. You can put a \r
> or \n in it as well.
>
>
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Paul Jinks <p...@pauljinks.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> It's been a long time since I've done any coding. I think this is
>> pretty straightforward but it has me beat. Can you help?
>>
>> I'm working on a quiz using AS1 (I think) that reads questions and
>> answers from an xml file. (see below for the script).
>>
>> I'd like to introduce line breaks into the feedback, how do I do this?
>> I've tried using \r but it just displays this as text.
>>
>> Ideally I'd like to display the text as html but so far my efforts to
>> do this have broken the script - any pointers?
>>
>> Here's the action script for the quiz. I hope it makes sense:
>>
>> function QuizItem(question)
>> {
>> this.question=question;
>> this.answers=new Array();
>> this.feedbacks=new Array();
>> this.numOfAnswers=0;
>> this.correctAnswer=0;
>> this.getQuestion=function()
>> {
>> return this.question;
>> }
>> this.addAnswer=function(answer, isCorrectAnswer, feedback)
>> {
>> this.answers[this.numOfAnswers]=answer;
>> this.feedbacks[this.numOfAnswers]=feedback;
>> if (isCorrectAnswer)
>> this.correctAnswer=this.numOfAnswers;
>> this.numOfAnswers++;
>> }
>>
>> this.getAnswer=function(answerNumberToGet)
>> {
>> return this.answers[answerNumberToGet];
>> }
>> this.getFeedback=function(answerNumberToGet)
>> {
>> return this.feedbacks[answerNumberToGet];
>> }
>>
>> this.getCorrectAnswerNumber=function()
>> {
>> return this.correctAnswer;
>> }
>>
>> this.checkAnswerNumber=function(userAnswerNumber)
>> {
>> if (userAnswerNumber==this.getCorrectAnswerNumber()) {
>> numOfQuestionsAnsweredCorrectly++;
>> } else {
>> numOfQuestionsAnsweredIncorrectly++;
>> }
>> feedback = _root["feedback"+parseInt((userAnswerNumber+1))]
>> gotoAndPlay("Feedback");
>> }
>> }
>>
>> function onQuizData(success)
>> {
>> var quizNode=this.firstChild;
>> var quizTitleNode=quizNode.firstChild;
>> title=quizTitleNode.firstChild.nodeValue;
>>
>> var i=0;
>> // <items> follows <title>
>> var itemsNode=quizNode.childNodes[1];
>> while (itemsNode.childNodes[i])
>> {
>> var itemNode=itemsNode.childNodes[i];
>> // <item> consists of <question> and one or more <answer>
>> // <question> always comes before <answer>s (node 0 of
>> <item>)
>> var questionNode=itemNode.childNodes[0];
>> quizItems[i]=new
>> QuizItem(questionNode.firstChild.nodeValue);
>> var a=1;
>> // <answer> follows <question>
>> var answerNode=itemNode.childNodes[a++];
>> while (answerNode)
>> {
>> //trace(answerNode);
>> var isCorrectAnswer=false;
>> if (answerNode.attributes.correct=="y")
>> isCorrectAnswer=true;
>> //get answer
>> tempAnswer = answerNode.firstChild.nodeValue;
>> //go to next node
>> answerNode=itemNode.childNodes[a++];
>> //get feedback
>> tempFeedback = answerNode.firstChild.nodeValue;
>> //add answer and feedback to current answer/feedback
>> 'pair'
>> quizItems[i].addAnswer(tempAnswer, isCorrectAnswer,
>> tempFeedback);
>> // goto the next <answer>
>> answerNode=itemNode.childNodes[a++];
>> }
>> i++;
>> }
>> gotoAndStop("Start");
>> }
>>
>> var quizItems=new Array();
>> var myData=new XML();
>> myData.ignoreWhite=true;
>> myData.onLoad=onQuizData;
>> myData.load("google_quiz.xml");
>> stop();
>>
>> And this is what the xml file looks like:
>>
>> <!DOCTYPE quiz [
>> <!ELEMENT quiz (title, items)>
>> <!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA)>
>> <!ELEMENT items (item)+>
>> <!ELEMENT item (question, answer, answer+)>
>> <!ELEMENT question (#PCDATA)>
>> <!ELEMENT answer (#PCDATA)>
>> <!ELEMENT feedback (#PCDATA)>
>> <!ATTLIST answer correct (y) #IMPLIED>
>> ]>
>> <quiz>
>> <title>My quiz</title>
>> <items>
>> <item>
>> <question>What colour are greenfly</question>
>> <answer>Red</answer>
>> <feedback>You chose answer [a]. This is incorrect. The correct
>> answer is [d].</feedback>
>> <answer>Blue</answer>
>> <feedback>You chose answer [b]. This is incorrect. The correct
>> answer is [d].</feedback>
>> <answer>Cheese</answer>
>> <feedback>Sorry, cheese is not a colour.</feedback>
>> <answer correct="y">Green</answer>
>> <feedback>Correct!</feedback>
>> </item>
>> </quiz>
>>
>> Thanks for reading, any help would be very gratefully received.
>>
>> Paul
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