reverse the order of your xml??
hi y'all
i tried to subscribe to the flash forums on kirupia and on
actionscript.org, but for some reason i never receive the confirmation
emails. i'm at my wit's end with this problem and i need help!!!
there is an xml gallery w/thumbnail tutorial on kirupia which i
followed and altered. i want to have variable thumbnail sizes and
have them appear 1 pixel apart from each other instead of relying on
all thumbs being equal widths, as in their gallery. i came up with a
solution, but for some reason flash does things in reverse order (?!?
why?) so it lists my thumbs in reverse order from the way they are
supposed to be.
i'm kind of a noob, so there is probably a really simple solution i'm
overlooking. i was thinking: how would one reverse the order in which
flash is processing/placing the thumbs? or maybe instead of using my
script, there's some kind of for loop that might work? any help is
truly appreciated!
link to rough example:
http://www.andreahendel.com/maxgallery/portraits.swf
here's the whole gallery code, the problem bit is towards the end:
//// import xml data and create arrays
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
thumbnails = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image[i] =
xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails[i] =
xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails_fn(i);
}
firstImage();
} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("portraits.xml");
//// left and right key listener for large images
keylisten = new Object();
keylisten.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
prevImage();
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
nextImage();
}
};
Key.addListener(keylisten);
////preloader
p = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();
loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();
preloader._visible = true;
if (loaded != filesize) {
preloader.preload_bar._xscale = 100*loaded/filesize;
} else {
preloader._visible = false;
if (picture._alpha<100) {
picture._alpha += 10;
}
}
};
//// next image and previous image
function nextImage() {
if (p<(total-1)) {
p++;
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
picture_num();
}
}
}
function prevImage() {
if (p>0) {
p--;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
}
}
function firstImage() {
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
picture_num();
}
}
////thumbnail scroller
function thumbNailScroller() {
this.createEmptyMovieClip("tscroller", 1000);
scroll_speed = 10;
tscroller.onEnterFrame = function() {
if ((_root._ymouse>=thumbnail_mc._y) &&
(_root._ymouse<=thumbnail_mc._y+thumbnail_mc._height)) {
if ((_root._xmouse>=(hit_right._x-40)) &&
(thumbnail_mc.hitTest(hit_right))) {
thumbnail_mc._x -= scroll_speed;
} else if ((_root._xmouse<=(hit_left._x+40)) &&
(thumbnail_mc.hitTest(hit_left))) {
thumbnail_mc._x += scroll_speed;
}
} else {
delete tscroller.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}
//// thumbnail strip HERE IS WHERE MY TROUBLES ARE
w = 0
function thumbnails_fn(k) {
thumbnail_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("t"+k,
thumbnail_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
tlistener = new Object();
tlistener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc) {
/// place thumbs HOW DO I MAKE THEM NOT LIST BACKWARDS
target_mc._x = w
w = target_mc._x + target_mc._width + 1
/// make thumbs functional
target_mc.pictureValue = k;
target_mc.onRelease = function() {
p = this.pictureValue-1;
nextImage();
};
target_mc.onRollOver = function() {
this._alpha = 50;
thumbNailScroller();
};
target_mc.onRollOut = function() {
this._alpha = 100;
};
};
image_mcl = new MovieClipLoader();
image_mcl.addListener(tlistener);
image_mcl.loadClip(thumbnails[k], "thumbnail_mc.t"+k);
}
stop();
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