# Horizontal MC Scroll
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-mc-scroll/33479
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 20, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-mc-scroll/33479 "2003-10-20T02:47:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-mc-scroll/33479/21 "2003-10-23T16:07:13Z")
Well, here’s the way ive set up my fla:
[AS]stageW = Stage.width;
stageH = Stage.height;
space = 5;
speed = 3;
holder\_mc.loadMovie(“rocket.jpg”);
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“temp”, 100);
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“temp2”, 101);
temp.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (holder\_mc.\_width\>0) {
step = holder\_mc.\_width/3;
mask\_mc.\_x = stageW/2-step/2;
mask\_mc.\_y = stageH/2-holder\_mc.\_height/2;
mask\_mc.\_width = step;
mask\_mc.\_height = holder\_mc.\_height;
holder\_mc.\_x = mask\_mc.\_x;
holder\_mc.\_y = mask\_mc.\_y;
start = mask\_mc.\_x;
a = holder\_mc.\_x-space;
b = holder\_mc.\_y-space;
c = holder\_mc.\_x+mask\_mc.\_width+space;
d = holder\_mc.\_y+holder\_mc.\_height+space;
with (this) {
lineStyle(2, 0x333333, 100);
moveTo(a, b);
lineTo(c, b);
lineTo(c, d);
lineTo(a, d);
lineTo(a, b);
}
rew\_btn.\_y = ff\_btn.\_y=d+space;
rew\_btn.\_x = a;
ff\_btn.\_x = a+ff\_btn.\_width+space;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
scroll = function () {
temp2.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (Math.abs((start-n_step)-holder\_mc.\_x)\<1) {
trace(“done”);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
} else {
trace(“scrolling”);
holder\_mc.\_x += ((start-n_step)-holder\_mc.\_x)/speed;
}
};
};
ff\_btn.onPress = function() {
n\>=2 ? n=2 : (n++, scroll());
};
rew\_btn.onPress = function() {
n\<=0 ? n=0 : (n–, scroll());
};
[/AS]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-mc-scroll/33479/22 "2003-10-23T16:17:15Z")
Im giving you a tip 😉
Look how ive setup my functions and youll see that the onEnterFrame is only called when you press the buttons, and after its not necessary anymore, its deleted.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-mc-scroll/33479/23 "2003-10-23T16:31:11Z")
maybe something like this
```auto
_global.portfolioSection = function() {
path = _root.sectionMC_03.folioClip;
maxWidth = path.section_mc._width-529;
velocity = 4;
targetX = 527;
path.section_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (Math.abs(targetX-this._x)<1) {
trace("done");
delete this.onEnterFrame;
} else {
trace("scrolling");
this._x += (targetX-this._x)/velocity;
}
};
// Forward Button
path.forward_btn.onRelease = function() {
if (targetX>-(maxWidth-370)) {
targetX -= 370;
}
};
// Back Button
path.back_btn.onRelease = function() {
if (targetX<527) {
targetX += 370;
}
};
};
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-mc-scroll/33479/24 "2003-10-24T23:06:44Z")
Hello All,
I finally got this thing working. If y’all could check it out, I have one final question having to do with this piece. Would there be a way to substitute an MC or a textlink in place of an element in the array? sometimes i might want to include more than just text.
[AS]
portfolioSection(["", “section1”, “section2”, “section3”, “section4”]);
[/AS]
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