# Help With Slideshow Thumbnails

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-slideshow-thumbnails/242059>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 21, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-slideshow-thumbnails/242059 "2007-10-21T21:58:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Holmesc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@Holmesc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Holmesc)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-slideshow-thumbnails/242059/1 "2007-10-21T21:58:09Z")

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For a website I’m making, I am creating a dynamic slideshow. Right now I’m creating thumbnails that display a small version of the image they correspond to. However, I’m having trouble loading the images dynamically into said thumbnails. My script is as follows:

\_root  
ActionScript Code:  
[FONT=Courier New][LEFT][COLOR=#000000] **var** [/COLOR] images:[COLOR=#0000FF]Array[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000]“[http://www.example.com/image1.jpg](http://www.example.com/image1.jpg)”[/COLOR], [COLOR=#FF0000]“[http://www.example.com/image2.jpg](http://www.example.com/image2.jpg)”[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR];  
[/LEFT]  
[/FONT]

thumbnail\_holder (all the mc’s for the thumbs are in here)  
ActionScript Code:  
[FONT=Courier New][LEFT]thumb1.[COLOR=#000080]image[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#0000FF]\_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]images[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]0[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR];  
thumb2.[COLOR=#000080]image[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#0000FF]\_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]images[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]1[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR];  
[/LEFT]  
[/FONT]

thumb1, thumb2 (same mc, different instance name)  
ActionScript Code:  
[FONT=Courier New][LEFT][COLOR=#000000] **var** [/COLOR] imageFrame:[COLOR=#0000FF]MovieClip[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#0000FF]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000FF]createEmptyMovieClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000]“container”[/COLOR], [COLOR=#000080]1[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#000000] **var** [/COLOR] clipLoader:[COLOR=#0000FF]MovieClipLoader[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000] **new** [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]MovieClipLoader[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#000000] **var** [/COLOR] image = [COLOR=#0000FF]undefined[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#0000FF]onEnterFrame[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000] **function** [/COLOR] COLOR=#000000[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#0000FF]if[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]image !== [COLOR=#0000FF]undefined[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]  
clipLoader.[COLOR=#0000FF]loadClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]image, [COLOR=#FF0000]“container”[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];  
imageFrame.[COLOR=#0000FF]\_xscale[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000080]14[/COLOR];  
imageFrame.[COLOR=#0000FF]\_yscale[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000080]14[/COLOR];  
frame.[COLOR=#0000FF]swapDepths[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR];  
[/LEFT]  
[/FONT]

Not that it matter, but frame is an MC that is a border around the image. Anyway, I’ve tested loading images into the thumb by replacing image with a URL, which worked, but when I try to get the variables from the \_root to the thumbnail, it doesn’t work. What am I doing wrong?