ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

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Onward!

This chapter gave you an introduction to—and considerable practice using—your

first composite datatype, arrays. Now that you understand how multiple pieces of

data can be represented within a single container, you have a solid foundation to

take into Chapter 12. There we’ll explore an even more powerful type of composite

data—and a fundamental component of ActionScript—objects.

// Customize the font face, size, and color of the text field.

var formatObj = new TextFormat( );

formatObj.size = 16;

formatObj.color = 0xC7FF9C;

formatObj.font = "_sans";

formatObj.bold = true;

quizTimeline.totalOutput_txt.setTextFormat(formatObj);

}

// =================================

// DEFINE QUIZ BUTTON EVENT HANDLERS

// =================================

// Code executed when button 1 is pressed.

choice1_btn.onRelease = function ( ) {

// Call answer( ), which records the user's choice

// and advances the quiz to the next question.

this._parent.answer(1);

};

// Code executed when button 2 is pressed.

choice2_btn.onRelease = function ( ) {

this._parent.answer(2);

};

// Code executed when button 3 is pressed.

choice3_btn.onRelease = function ( ) {

this._parent.answer(3);

};

Example 11-7. A multiple-choice quiz, version 3 (continued)