# AS3 XML thumbnails, dynamic text fields, new movieclips

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**Created:** [August 29, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-xml-thumbnails-dynamic-text-fields-new-movieclips/269615 "2008-08-29T16:07:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-xml-thumbnails-dynamic-text-fields-new-movieclips/269615/1 "2008-08-29T16:07:29Z")

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I’m hungup on a project - the overall idea is to build a thumbnail scroller that reads all it’s info from an external XML file. When you rollover a thumbnail, an info movieclip fades in and displays more information about that thumb, and on click it goes to a new URL.

I started with a thumbnail scroller tutorial(sorta) from here:  
[http://www.flashmagazine.com/tutorials/detail/scrolling\_photos\_loaded\_dynamically\_with\_actionscript\_3/](http://www.flashmagazine.com/tutorials/detail/scrolling_photos_loaded_dynamically_with_actionscript_3/)

The design mockup is [here](http://prettybird.voltamedia.com/commercials).

I’m pretty new to AS3, and don’t understand how to create the info movieclips with their dynamic text fields filled in by the XML, while in a loop. Or how to set the getURL to the right path. I just know I should probably add it in the Thumbnail.as class

The zip file has the sources. Any help would be super fantastic awesome. I’m supposed to meet a deadline by tonight and I’m beginning to get a little panicked.