# Js lightwindow q?

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**Created:** [February 9, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/js-lightwindow-q/281428 "2009-02-09T10:02:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![diggz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@diggz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/diggz)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/js-lightwindow-q/281428/1 "2009-02-09T10:02:34Z")

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hi all,

i am hoping that someone might be able to put me right on this question/problem that i have using a combination of html/javascript/flash.

i am using lightwindow to display images/vids in an overlay over the top of html/flash content.

the lightwindow app can categorise the files by using ‘rel’ to link them into groups and subcategories. now if i use this in the html page:

```auto
<a href="gallery/fische01.mov" class="lightwindow page-options" rel="Evolution?[Man]" title="The Evolution of Man is looking grim..." caption="Man starts out kinda hairy..." author="Unknown" params="lightwindow_show_images=2"><strong>Image Gallery w/Multiple Images</strong> - Side by Sides can be good for Before and After Gallery's or to show actions, etc.!</a>
					<a href="gallery/fische01.mov" class="lightwindow hidden" rel="Evolution?[Man]">image #1</a>
					<a href="gallery/2-evolution.jpg" class="lightwindow hidden" rel="Evolution?[Man]" title="The Evolution of Man is looking grimmer..." caption="Later, Man seems to have learned how to sharpen stuff!" params="lightwindow_show_images=2">image #2</a>
					<a href="gallery/3-evolution.jpg" class="lightwindow hidden" rel="Evolution?[Man]">image #3</a>

					<a href="gallery/4-evolution.jpg" class="lightwindow hidden" rel="Evolution?[Man]" title="We are screwed!" caption="Finally, Man discovers how to comb his hair and order from McDonalds™... only one thing bigger than a Big Mac™." params="lightwindow_show_images=2">image #4</a>
					<a href="gallery/5-evolution.jpg" class="lightwindow hidden" rel="Evolution?[Man]">image #5</a>

```

it works great and creates the gallery ‘evolution’ and a subsection of ‘man’ - and it works great and all the associated images can be navigated to using next and previous buttons.

i need this functionality to work from the flash file - the xml items that flash reads look like this

```auto
<thumbnail filename="thumb_01.jpg" url="gallery/fische01.mov" rel="Evolution?[Man]" target="_blank" 
		title="Item No. or title" 
		description="description of this thumbnail image and associated file" />

```

i added a trace to the items to see if the flash file is picking up the rel reference in the xml - and it does see it and read - but it doesn’t seem to be passing it on to the javascript that runs lightwindow.

from all of the advice i have had on this it seems to be a javascript problem and nothing to do with the way the flash is written - as it ‘does’ pick up the rel reference in the xml but doesn’t seem to be able to pass it on to lghtwindow.

my as3 for the thumbnails being clicked is this

```auto
var script:XML =
<script>
    <![CDATA[
             function(url, title_list, description_list, rel_list)
             {
                myLightWindow.activateWindow({href: url,
                                             title: title_list,
                                             caption: description_list,
                                             rel: rel_list,
                                             author: 'anon',
                                             height: 300,
                                             width: 450});
             }
             ]]>
</script>;

function p_click(me:MouseEvent)  
{  
    var sp:Sprite = me.target as Sprite;
    var s_no:Number = parseInt(sp.name.slice(8,10));
    trace("rel is '"+rel_list[s_no]+"'");ExternalInterface.call(script, url_list[s_no], title_list[s_no], description_list[s_no], rel_list[s_no]);
} 

```

anyone know what is stopping the javascript from understanding the rel ref - and create the gallery/subset as it does from the html links???