I was following this tutorial on how to add a scrolling image gallery to a Flash website.
(http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/xmlimagegallery/index.php)
From what I understand from this tutorial, it is just a matter of copying the Actionscript code and pasting it onto the timelines then making modifications on the XML.
(kindly see a screenshot of timeline layers I made and as to where I put the Actionscript code:
http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/tsujzpie/imagegalleryproblem_01.jpg )
I pasted the code onto the blank keyframe labeled “Gallery”…
But all I get is this weird effect when I click on the button for the gallery…
(kindly see a screenshot of it here: http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/tsujzpie/imagegalleryproblem_02.jpg )
When you put a blank keyframe on a timeline, any content put in there is supposed to only be contained in that very frame, right? How come then that - whenever the gallery button is clicked on - the content from that section spills out onto the other sections even when I click on other button for the other areas?
I just really couldn’t think why this is happening - any reason why this is so?
And how do I position the gallery right under the section header and menu bar?
Here is its AS2 code, by the way:
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
var myGalleryXML = new XML();
myGalleryXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myGalleryXML.load("gallery.xml");
myGalleryXML.onLoad = function() {
_root.gallery_x = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.gallery_x;
_root.gallery_y = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.gallery_y;
_root.gallery_width = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.gallery_width;
_root.gallery_height = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.gallery_height;
_root.myImages = myGalleryXML.firstChild.childNodes;
_root.myImagesTotal = myImages.length;
_root.thumb_height = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.thumb_height;
_root.thumb_width = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.thumb_width;
_root.full_x = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.full_x;
_root.full_y = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.full_y;
callThumbs();
createMask();
scrolling();
};
function callThumbs() {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
container_mc._x = _root.gallery_x;
container_mc._y = _root.gallery_y;
var clipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var preloader = new Object();
clipLoader.addListener(preloader);
for (i=0; i<myImagesTotal; i++) {
thumbURL = myImages[i].attributes.thumb_url;
myThumb_mc = container_mc.createEmptyMovieClip(i, container_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
myThumb_mc._y = _root.thumb_height*i;
clipLoader.loadClip("thumbs/"+thumbURL,myThumb_mc);
preloader.onLoadStart = function(target) {
target.createTextField("my_txt",target.getNextHighestDepth (),0,0,100,20);
target.my_txt.selectable = false;
};
preloader.onLoadProgress = function(target, loadedBytes, totalBytes) {
target.my_txt.text = Math.floor((loadedBytes/totalBytes)*100);
};
preloader.onLoadComplete = function(target) {
new Tween(target, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, .5, true);
target.my_txt.removeTextField();
target.onRelease = function() {
callFullImage(this._name);
};
target.onRollOver = function() {
this._alpha = 50;
};
target.onRollOut = function() {
this._alpha = 100;
};
};
}
}
function callFullImage(myNumber) {
myURL = myImages[myNumber].attributes.full_url;
myTitle = myImages[myNumber].attributes.title;
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("fullImage_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
fullImage_mc._x = _root.full_x;
fullImage_mc._y = _root.full_y;
var fullClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var fullPreloader = new Object();
fullClipLoader.addListener(fullPreloader);
fullPreloader.onLoadStart = function(target) {
target.createTextField("my_txt",fullImage_mc.getNextHighestDepth (),0,0,200,20);
target.my_txt.selectable = false;
};
fullPreloader.onLoadProgress = function(target, loadedBytes, totalBytes) {
target.my_txt.text = Math.floor((loadedBytes/totalBytes)*100);
};
fullPreloader.onLoadComplete = function(target) {
new Tween(target, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, .5, true);
target.my_txt.text = myTitle;
};
fullClipLoader.loadClip("full_images/"+myURL,fullImage_mc);
}
function createMask() {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mask_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
mask_mc._x = _root.gallery_x;
mask_mc._y = _root.gallery_y;
mask_mc.beginFill(0x000000,100);
mask_mc.lineTo(_root.gallery_width,0);
mask_mc.lineTo(_root.gallery_width,_root.gallery_height);
mask_mc.lineTo(0,_root.gallery_height);
mask_mc.lineTo(0,0);
container_mc.setMask(mask_mc);
}
function scrolling() {
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
container_mc._y += Math.cos(((mask_mc._ymouse)/mask_mc._height) *Math.PI)*15;
if (container_mc._y>mask_mc._y) {
container_mc._y = mask_mc._y;
}
if (container_mc._y<(mask_mc._y-(container_mc._height-mask_mc. _height))) {
container_mc._y = mask_mc._y-(container_mc._height- mask_mc._height);
}
};
}