# Horizontal scrolling stops when loading Kirupa thumbnail gallery externally

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-stops-when-loading-kirupa-thumbnail-gallery-externally/193552
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 14, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-stops-when-loading-kirupa-thumbnail-gallery-externally/193552 "2006-07-14T01:56:43Z")
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### Author: ![insultcomidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@insultcomidog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/insultcomidog)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/horizontal-scrolling-stops-when-loading-kirupa-thumbnail-gallery-externally/193552/1 "2006-07-14T01:56:43Z")

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I’m trying to use this tutorial to display my web portfolio…

[[COLOR=purple]http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm[/COLOR]](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm)

I can get the thumbnail menu to work fine; however, I having a problem: When I try to load the gallery swf externally into a main swf I lose the horizontal scrolling ability.

It’s probably a scoping issue, but my action script x-ray eyes can’t find the issue:

Here’s my action script:

function loadXML(loaded) {  
if (loaded) {  
xmlNode = this.firstChild;  
image = [];  
description = [];  
thumbnails = [];  
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;  
for (i=0; i\<total; i++) {  
image\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;  
description\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;  
thumbnails\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;  
thumbnails\_fn(i);  
}  
firstImage();  
} else {  
content = “file not loaded!”;  
}  
}  
xmlData = new XML();  
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;  
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;  
xmlData.load(“images.xml”);  
/////////////////////////////////////  
listen = new Object();  
listen.onKeyDown = function() {  
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {  
prevImage();  
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {  
nextImage();  
}  
};  
Key.addListener(listen);  
previous\_btn.onRelease = function() {  
prevImage();  
};  
next\_btn.onRelease = function() {  
nextImage();  
};  
/////////////////////////////////////  
p = 0;  
this.onEnterFrame = function() {  
filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();  
loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();  
preloader.\_visible = true;  
if (loaded != filesize) {  
preloader.preload\_bar.\_xscale = 100\*loaded/filesize;  
} else {  
preloader.\_visible = false;  
if (picture.\_alpha\<100) {  
picture.\_alpha += 10;  
}  
}  
};  
function nextImage() {  
if (p\<(total-1)) {  
p++;  
if (loaded == filesize) {  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);  
desc\_txt.text = description[p];  
picture\_num();  
}  
}  
}  
function prevImage() {  
if (p\>0) {  
p–;  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);  
desc\_txt.text = description[p];  
picture\_num();  
}  
}  
function firstImage() {  
if (loaded == filesize) {  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);  
desc\_txt.text = description[0];  
picture\_num();  
}  
}  
function picture\_num() {  
current\_pos = p+1;  
pos\_txt.text = current\_pos+" / "+total;  
}  
function thumbNailScroller() {  
// thumbnail code!  
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“tscroller”, 1000);  
scroll\_speed = 10;  
tscroller.onEnterFrame = function() {  
if ((\_root.\_ymouse\>=thumbnail\_mc.\_y) && (\_root.\_ymouse\<=thumbnail\_mc.\_y+thumbnail\_mc.\_heig ht)) {  
if ((\_root.\_xmouse\>=(hit\_right.\_x-40)) && (thumbnail\_mc.hitTest(hit\_right))) {  
thumbnail\_mc.\_x -= scroll\_speed;  
} else if ((\_root.\_xmouse\<=40) && (thumbnail\_mc.hitTest(hit\_left))) {  
thumbnail\_mc.\_x += scroll\_speed;  
}  
} else {  
delete tscroller.onEnterFrame;  
}  
};  
}

function thumbnails\_fn(k) {  
thumbnail\_mc.createEmptyMovieClip(“t”+k, thumbnail\_mc.getNextHighestDepth());  
tlistener = new Object();  
tlistener.onLoadInit = function(target\_mc) {  
target\_mc.\_x = hit\_left.\_x+(eval(“thumbnail\_mc.t”+k).\_width+5)\*k;  
target\_mc.pictureValue = k;  
target\_mc.onRelease = function() {  
p = this.pictureValue-1;  
nextImage();  
};  
target\_mc.onRollOver = function() {  
this.\_alpha = 50;  
thumbNailScroller();  
};  
target\_mc.onRollOut = function() {  
this.\_alpha = 100;  
};  
};  
image\_mcl = new MovieClipLoader();  
image\_mcl.addListener(tlistener);  
image\_mcl.loadClip(thumbnails[k], “thumbnail\_mc.t”+k);  
}

I would sincerely appreciate anyone’s help who’s used this tutorial.

[[COLOR=purple]http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20…nail\_final.zip[/COLOR]](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...nail_final.zip)[/FONT][/COLOR]