That's odd, it should be incrementing K from 0 and then up from there. Have you done a trace on the value of k to see if it really is going down instead of up?
Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organizational Effectiveness >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrea Hendel >>Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:31 PM >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] xml thumbnail gallery reverse order problem >> >>thanks for all the suggestions, y'all, this is great! >> >>i tried reversing the order of my xml/array, but the image position in >>the array determines which large image is shown in the gallery. if i >>flip the array, the wrong images appear. >> >>i'm in the midst of trying a for loop (thanks, jason, for clarifying the >>backwards/forwards loops! that's one mystery solved for me.). i called >>"k" from when i load the xml into flash, it's the same as "i". is there >>a way to make it go up instead of down when i call it? i tried to sort >>the array backwards right before thumbnails_fn, but then some of the >>thumbnails show up multiple times, and some not at all. i think my >>problem comes in when i use the movieClipLoader, because i'm calling >>(thumbnails[k], "thumbnail_mc.t"+k) from (target_mc), right? so it's >>loading the jpg's defined by the xml array one by one from the last to >>the first as movieClips into thumbnail_mc instead of first to last. >> >>learning is fun. horrifyingly, frustratingly fun. if i had the $$ i >>would take a class! >> >>i'll keep barreling forward, but in case any of you feel inspired with >>more genius than me, here's the <snipped> version with (hopefully) all >>the relevant info: >> >><snip> >> for (i=0; i<total; i++) { >> image[i] = >>xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue; >> thumbnails[i] = >>xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue; >> //// here's what's being called by k >> thumbnails_fn(i); >> } >></snip> >><snip> >>w = 0 >>function thumbnails_fn(k) { >> thumbnail_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("t"+k, >>thumbnail_mc.getNextHighestDepth()); >> tlistener = new Object(); >> tlistener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc) { >> /// place thumbs THIS IS WHAT'S MESSIN' ME UP >> target_mc._x = w >> w = target_mc._x + target_mc._width + 1 >></snip> >><snip> >> }; >> image_mcl = new MovieClipLoader(); >> image_mcl.addListener(tlistener); >> image_mcl.loadClip(thumbnails[k], "thumbnail_mc.t"+k); >>} >></snip> >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
