# Dynamic gallery WITHOUT xml/php?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-gallery-without-xml-php/284254
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 17, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-gallery-without-xml-php/284254 "2009-03-17T08:06:46Z")
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### Author: ![TatianaS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@TatianaS](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TatianaS)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-gallery-without-xml-php/284254/1 "2009-03-17T08:06:46Z")

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I’m trying to build a Flash gallery that would load a variable amount of images and create a scrolling gallery, with pop-up previews of each image. Essentially, something like[this](http://www.webzo.org/tutorials/flash/scrolling-image-gallery.php)(left/right scrolling arrows, hovering popup preview) but I want it to be AS3 as that’s what I’m focusing on learning. I’m quite new to this and not from a coding background, so pardon my question if it’s redundant but I’ve searched for something non-XML based and couldn’t find it. If someone could explain to me why XML-based dynamic galleries are better then perhaps I could convince my web-developer coworkers, but for now they’ve requested a stand-alone Flash app. We need a generic gallery we can use on various sections of our site.

I really appreciate your help. If the pop-up preview and the dynamic loading are 2 different tutorials, fine by me, I just don’t feel I have the knowledge or resources to pull this off on my own yet.