# Adding a caption to a Thumbnail?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-caption-to-a-thumbnail/31846
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 28, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-caption-to-a-thumbnail/31846 "2003-09-28T05:56:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Dethroner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dethroner)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-caption-to-a-thumbnail/31846/1 "2003-09-28T05:56:00Z")
Does anyone know a simple way to add to the following AS a caption into a dynamic text box from a text file to go along with each jpeg?
```auto
stop();
/
// i wrote this code, but you can use and abuse it however you like.
// the methods are defined in the order which they occur to make it
// easier to understand.
//
// variables ------------------------------------------
// put the path to your pics here, include the slashes (ie. "pics/")
// leave it blank if they're in the same directory
this.pathToPics = "news pics/";
// fill this array with your pics
this.pArray = ["01.jpg", "02.jpg"];
this.fadeSpeed = 20;
this.pIndex = 0;
// MovieClip methods ----------------------------------
// d=direction; should 1 or -1 but can be any number
// loads an image automatically when you run animation
loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[0], "_root.photo");
MovieClip.prototype.changePhoto = function(d) {
// make sure pIndex falls within pArray.length
this.pIndex = (this.pIndex+d)%this.pArray.length;
if (this.pIndex<0) {
this.pIndex += this.pArray.length;
}
this.onEnterFrame = fadeOut;
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeOut = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha>this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha -= this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.loadPhoto();
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadPhoto = function() {
// specify the movieclip to load images into
var p = _root.photo;
// ------------------------------------------
p._alpha = 0;
p.loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[this.pIndex]);
this.onEnterFrame = loadMeter;
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadMeter = function() {
var i, l, t;
l = this.photo.getBytesLoaded();
t = this.photo.getBytesTotal();
if (t>0 && t == l) {
this.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
} else {
trace(l/t);
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeIn = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha<100-this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha += this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.photo._alpha = 100;
this.onEnterFrame = null;
}
};
// Actions -----------------------------------------
// these aren't necessary, just an example implementation
this.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
this.changePhoto(-1);
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
this.changePhoto(1);
}
};
Key.addListener(this);
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-caption-to-a-thumbnail/31846/2 "2004-07-13T05:24:09Z")
i’ve asked exactly the same question, but never get any answers.
Need to find a new board I think.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-caption-to-a-thumbnail/31846/3 "2004-07-13T13:54:58Z")
Try searching the forums, this question has been answered before, using textfile or XML.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-caption-to-a-thumbnail/31846/4 "2004-07-13T13:56:47Z")
well when you click on an image (such as in your load image function), make it load a text file, for example a textfile “01.txt” would be for “01.jpg”, that way it would be easy to do it dynamically. Set a variable with to contain your textfile and get the textbox to read it.
I’ll try to make a fla later on, post If you don’t get what I mean, No time to do actionscript now sorry.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-caption-to-a-thumbnail/31846/5 "2004-07-13T14:00:00Z")
Hi Guys
I’m using the supabeener slideshow without any buttons as a rolling slideshow, so how would this work???
thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-caption-to-a-thumbnail/31846/6 "2004-07-13T14:04:44Z")
> [@dinner dog](#):
>
> well when you click on an image, make it load a text file, for example a textfile “01.txt” would be for “01.jpg”, that way it would be easy to do it dynamically. Set a variable with to contain your textfile and get the textbox to read it.
>
> I’ll try to make a fla later on, post If you don’t get what I mean, No time to do actionscript now sorry.
Just load a single textfile with all the captions.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-caption-to-a-thumbnail/31846/7 "2004-07-13T15:03:38Z")
sorry sprite but I’m unfamiliar with that script… link?
claudio: Yeah, ok so I didn’t think too much.
Dethroner : revised using claudio’s suggestion, It _should_ work…
replace function you have now with this, be sure to back up.
```auto
MovieClip.prototype.loadPhoto = function() {
// specify the movieclip to load images into
var p = _root.photo;
// ------------------------------------------
p._alpha = 0;
p.loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[this.pIndex]);
// added - dinner dog - simple enough--------
loadVariablesNum("captions.txt", 0)
_root.cap.variable = this.pArray[this.pIndex];
// end - dinner dog--------------------------
this.onEnterFrame = loadMeter;
};
```
captions.txt stores the captions in this manor…
```auto
01=picture 1 caption &02=picture 2 caption&03=picture 3 caption&04=picture 4 caption
```
etc, etc (I know naming a variable as a number isn’t good/ shouldn’t work, but it was easier and worked for me off a variable).
and cap is a dynamic textfeild on the root of your movie.