Listing 3. Quiz Program with First ActionScript Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--Example for LJ article. -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
                layout="vertical"
                backgroundColor="#FFFFFF">
  <mx:TextArea id="Question"
               width="100%" height="15%"
               paddingTop="10" paddingBottom="10"
               paddingLeft="10" paddingRight="10"
               editable="false"
               backgroundColor="#FFFFFF" borderColor="#FFFFFF">
    <mx:htmlText>
    <![CDATA[
      <font size="+4" face="Arial">
        <b>
          Question 1: Which strip is this grouchy but
                      good-hearted fighter the star of?
        </b>
      </font>
    ]]>
    </mx:htmlText>
  </mx:TextArea>
  <mx:VBox paddingLeft="150"
           backgroundColor="#FFFFFF" width="100%">
    <mx:RadioButton id="a1" groupName="Answers"
                    label="Belkar Bitterleaf"
                    width="400" paddingRight="20" />
    <mx:RadioButton id="a2" groupName="Answers"
                    label="Gilgamesh Wulfenbach"
                    width="400" paddingRight="20" />
    <mx:RadioButton id="a3" groupName="Answers"
                    label="Roy Greenhilt"
                    width="400" paddingRight="20" />
    <mx:RadioButton id="a4" groupName="Answers"
                    label="Frank Mangle"
                    width="400" paddingRight="20" />
    <mx:Button id="nextButton"
               label="Next" click="parseanswers();" />
  </mx:VBox>
  <mx:Script>
  <![CDATA[
  public function parseanswers(): void
  {
      import mx.controls.Alert;
      if (a3.selected) {
          Alert.show('Yes, the answer is ' + a3.label,
                     'Right!', mx.controls.Alert.OK);
      }
      else {
          Alert.show('Sorry, no.', 'Wrong', mx.controls.Alert.OK);
      }
  }
  ]]>
  </mx:Script>
</mx:Application>