# Columns...I would like two columns please...and a large Coke

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/columns-i-would-like-two-columns-please-and-a-large-coke/59041>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 28, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/columns-i-would-like-two-columns-please-and-a-large-coke/59041 "2004-07-28T00:32:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![plonker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plonker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/plonker)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/columns-i-would-like-two-columns-please-and-a-large-coke/59041/1 "2004-07-28T00:32:43Z")

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I am not good at math…I want to be but i missed that day in school. I have this action script for a gallery, this loads some thumbnails:

```auto

portfolioInfo = new XML();
portfolioInfo.ignoreWhite = true;
timeline = this;
portfolioInfo.onLoad = function(){
 
 portfolioTag = this.firstChild;
 
trace( count = portfolioTag.childNodes.length);
 
 for (child = 0; child < count; child++){
  
  currentPicture = portfolioTag.childNodes[child];
  
  currentThumb = menu_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("thumbnail"+child,child);
  
  currentThumb._y = child * 40;
  
  image = currentThumb.createEmptyMovieClip("thumbnail_image",0);
  
  image.loadMovie(currentPicture.attributes.THUMB);
  
  currentThumb.NAME = currentPicture.attributes.NAME;
  currentThumb.IMAGE = currentPicture.attributes.IMAGE;
  currentThumb.TEXT = currentPicture.attributes.TEXT;
  currentThumb.TEXT2 = currentPicture.attributes.TEXT2;
  
  currentThumb.onRollOver = currentThumb.onDragOver = function(){
   
   showName_txt.text = this.NAME;
  }
  
  currentThumb.onRollOut = currentThumb.onDragOut = function(){
   
   showName_txt.text = "";
  }
  
  currentThumb.onPress = currentThumb.onDragOver = function(){
   
   image_mc.loadMovie(this.IMAGE);
			  
   info_txt.text = "Loading...";
   syno_txt.text = "Loading...";
   
   timeline.loadVariables(this.TEXT);
   timeline.loadVariables(this.TEXT2);
  }
  
 }
}

portfolioInfo.load("xml/identity_thumbs.xml");

```

What I would like to do is load the thumbs into two columns…can someone help a poor developing Actionscripter guy?

Thanks,

Plonks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/columns-i-would-like-two-columns-please-and-a-large-coke/59041/2 "2004-07-29T05:25:51Z")

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Please, pretty please with sugar on top 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/columns-i-would-like-two-columns-please-and-a-large-coke/59041/3 "2004-07-29T13:23:20Z")

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eval(currentThumb).\_x=20+40_Math.floor(child/2)  
eval(currentThumb).\_y=20+40_2\*(Math.ceil(child/2)-child/2)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/columns-i-would-like-two-columns-please-and-a-large-coke/59041/4 "2004-07-29T16:02:47Z")

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Thanks McGiver,  
You have done a great thing here. The stuff I tried was waaaaaaaay more comlicated not to mention the fact that it didn’t work. I should have paid more attention in math. Thanks for your help…this place is fantastic!