populating dynamic textarea?

[CGann]

Can anyone point out what I'm doing wrong here?
I'm trying to populate a dynamic textarea with values selected at random from an array. (It's going to be a simple flashcard app.)

Everything is working great except the population of the textarea. I'm including the code below. Also, I'm doing this in Flash MX.

TIA!

on (keyPress "1"){
var messageNum = 10;
/* Generate Random number to select array */
randomNumber = (Math.floor(Math.random()*10+1));
trace("randomNumber=" + randomNumber);
var fcards = [
{Q: "Q index 0, item 1", A: "A (index a0, item a1)", Ex: "Ex (index ex0, item ex1)"},
{Q: "Q index 1, item 2", A: "A (index a1, item a2)", Ex: "Ex (index ex1, item ex2)"},
{Q: "Q index 2, item 3", A: "A (index a2, item a3)", Ex: "Ex (index ex2, item ex3)"},
{Q: "Q index 3, item 4", A: "A (index a3, item a4)", Ex: "Ex (index ex3, item ex4)"},
{Q: "Q index 4, item 5", A: "A (index a4, item a5)", Ex: "Ex (index ex4, item ex5)"},
{Q: "Q index 5, item 6", A: "A (index a5, item a6)", Ex: "Ex (index ex5, item ex6)"},
{Q: "Q index 6, item 7", A: "A (index a6, item a7)", Ex: "Ex (index ex6, item ex7)"},
{Q: "Q index 7, item 8", A: "A (index a7, item a8)", Ex: "Ex (index ex7, item ex8)"},
{Q: "Q index 8, item 9", A: "A (index a8, item a9)", Ex: "Ex (index ex8, item ex9)"},
{Q: "Q index 9, item 10", A: "A (index a9, item a10)", Ex: "Ex (index ex9, item ex10)"}
];

/* len = fcards.length;
for(var i=0; i<len; i++){
trace(fcards.Q + newline + fcards.A + newline + " ex. " + fcards.Ex + newline);
} */
this.QTextArea.text = fcards[randomNumber].Q;
this.ATextArea.text = fcards[randomNumber].A;
trace("QTextArea = " + this.QTextArea.text + newline);
trace("fcards Q = " + this.fcards[randomNumber].Q + newline);
trace("fcards A = " + this.fcards[randomNumber].A + newline);
}

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Your code itself is fine.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[CGann]

I've set the stage up with 4 layers:
questions - with a dynamic textarea (Multiline, var: QTextArea. instance name is blank)
answers - also with a dynamic text area (Multiline, var: ATextArea. instance name is blank)
button - which contains the code
bkgnd - just a background

But trace("QTextArea = " + this.QTextArea.text);
returns nothing. Any ideas?

 

[CGann]

GOT IT!!!
in my newbieness, I forgot to turn the button into a button from a "Movie Clip"

Thanks for the patience all!

cg