# Adding a url function

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-url-function/174172>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 3, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-url-function/174172 "2006-01-03T14:27:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![GJAM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@GJAM](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GJAM)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-url-function/174172/1 "2006-01-03T14:27:06Z")

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Hello

Using the following tutorials: \*\*Photo Gallery using XML and Flash \*\*and **Adding thumbnails** , I have created a photo gallery using xml and flash. The photo gallery features a sliding thumbnail where by onRelease of each thumbnail a larger version of the image is displayed with all images being pulled in from xml info ie:

\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8” standalone=“yes”?\>  
\<images\>  
\<pic\>  
\<image\>image1.jpg\</image\>  
\<caption\>AFRICA\</caption\>  
\<thumbnail\>image1\_sm.jpg\</thumbnail\>  
\<link\>image1.htm\</link\>  
\</pic\>  
\<pic\>  
\<image\>image2.jpg\</image\>  
\<caption\>EL AMOR\</caption\>  
\<thumbnail\>image2\_sm.jpg\</thumbnail\>  
\</pic\>

etc…

what I would like to do is to somehow add a link to a URL, specific to each image and am not sure if i do this within my xml or within my actions in flash. I have provided all the action script from the flash file also for you to view:

function loadXML(loaded) {  
if (loaded) {  
xmlNode = this.firstChild;  
image = [];  
description = [];  
thumbnails = [];  
link = [];  
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;  
for (i=0; i\<total; i++) {  
image\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;  
description\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;  
thumbnails\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;  
link\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;  
thumbnails\_fn(i);  
}  
firstImage();  
} else {  
content = “file not loaded!”;  
}  
}  
xmlData = new XML();  
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;  
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;  
xmlData.load(“images.xml”);  
/////////////////////////////////////  
listen = new Object();  
listen.onKeyDown = function() {  
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {  
prevImage();  
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {  
nextImage();  
}  
};  
Key.addListener(listen);  
previous\_btn.onRelease = function() {  
prevImage();  
};  
next\_btn.onRelease = function() {  
nextImage();  
};  
/////////////////////////////////////  
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;  
}  
}  
};  
function nextImage() {  
if (p\<(total-1)) {  
p++;  
if (loaded == filesize) {  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);  
desc\_txt.text = description[p];  
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);  
desc\_txt.text = description[0];  
picture\_num();  
}  
}  
function picture\_num() {  
current\_pos = p+1;  
pos\_txt.text = current\_pos+" / "+total;  
}  
function thumbNailScroller() {  
// thumbnail code!  
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“tscroller”, 1000);  
scroll\_speed = 15;  
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\<=40) && (thumbnail\_mc.hitTest(hit\_left))) {  
thumbnail\_mc.\_x += scroll\_speed;  
}  
} else {  
delete tscroller.onEnterFrame;  
}  
};  
}

function thumbnails\_fn(k) {  
thumbnail\_mc.createEmptyMovieClip(“t”+k, thumbnail\_mc.getNextHighestDepth());  
tlistener = new Object();  
tlistener.onLoadInit = function(target\_mc) {  
target\_mc.\_x = hit\_left.\_x+(eval(“thumbnail\_mc.t”+k).\_width+5)\*k;  
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);  
}

Any input would be much appreciated!

GJAM

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**Author:** ![illustrativ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/977dab/32.png) [@illustrativ](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/illustrativ)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-url-function/174172/2 "2006-03-23T15:39:45Z")

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Add this to the code at the end.

this.onMouseUp = function() {  
if (picture.hitTest(\_root.\_xmouse, \_root.\_ymouse, true)) {  
//trace(this.link);  
getURL(link\*, “\_blank”);  
}

that will launch the website when u click on the image that is loaded.