I have a thumbnail panel whose images are loaded dynamically from the same XML file feeding the stuff mentioned in my other thread (like 5 below this one, I think). The image enlarger I mention there depends upon data given to it when the user clicks on one of these thumbnails; the X,Y, width and height values of the thumbnail that was clicked on are used to calculate the proper corresponding values for the picture viewer created…
My BIGGEST problem is I don’t know of a way to make the rest of the code “know” what individual thumbnail was clicked on so I can use that index number to access the array holding all of the data needed to be loaded into the viewer (name, description, enlarged pictures, etc). For example, if I click on the third thumbnail, let’s say, I’d need to be able to use “projects[2].txtDesc” to access the text description of the third project; but how can I get that information just from clicking on a movieclip? I’d post code but I’m not sure what would be the most helpful to post.
Another trouble is, since these thumbnails are “attached” to the movieclip allowing them to scroll, when each thumbnail is clicked the static position of the thumbnail movieclip within the scrolling movieclip is returned, not the thumbnail movieclip’s.
For example, let’s say there are 3 movieclips occupying the scroller, and they’re each 100 pixels wide, and spread 25 pixels apart. When I call for the X and Y positions of the second from the left, let’s say, it would return “125” and “0” (“0” for Y because it’s placed at the very top within its parent scroller, I guess).
Could somebody give me any kind of an idea on these please, or ask for what particular code they’d like to see?
I’m just stuck on this one and the other.
