# Making a Next And Prev Button XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-next-and-prev-button-xml/238499>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 12, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-next-and-prev-button-xml/238499 "2007-09-12T00:06:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeremy1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@jeremy1987](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeremy1987)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-next-and-prev-button-xml/238499/1 "2007-09-12T00:06:12Z")

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Im trying to make a next and prev button for my thumbnails in my gallery using xml.  
Problem is that everytime I add a new entry into my xml I keeps making a new thumbnail and I only want 6 thumbnails loaded and when i click the next btn I want a new set of 6 thumbnails to appear same for the prev button.

I dont know where to begin with this but any help is a appreciated.

Can someone Please Help me.  
[AS]stop();  
cliparray = [];  
columns = 3;  
spacex =115  
spacey=85  
function loadXML(loaded) {  
if (loaded) {  
xmlNode = this.firstChild;  
image = [];  
description = [];  
thumbnails = [];  
website = [];  
sitename = [];  
screenshots1 = [];  
screenshots2 = [];  
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;  
website\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue;  
sitename\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[4].firstChild.nodeValue;  
screenshots1\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[5].firstChild.nodeValue;  
screenshots2\* = xmlNode.childNodes\*.childNodes[6].firstChild.nodeValue;  
} sload()  
firstImage();  
} else {  
content = “file not loaded!”;  
}  
}  
function drawSquare(clip, depth, colour, x, y, w, h) {  
var mc = clip.createEmptyMovieClip(“clip”+depth, depth);  
mc.\_x = x;  
mc.\_y = y;  
mc.lineStyle();  
mc.beginFill(colour);  
mc.lineTo(w, 0);  
mc.lineTo(w, h);  
mc.lineTo(0, h);  
mc.endFill();  
return mc;  
}  
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();  
site\_url.text = sitename[p]  
}  
}  
}  
function prevImage() {  
if (p\>0) {  
p–;  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);  
desc\_txt.text = description[p];  
picture\_num();  
site\_url.text = sitename[p]  
}  
}  
function firstImage() {  
if (loaded == filesize) {  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);  
desc\_txt.text = description[0];  
this.thumbnail\_MC.desc\_txt.text = description[0];  
picture\_num();  
site\_url.text = sitename[p]  
}  
}  
function picture\_num() {  
current\_pos = p+1;  
pos\_txt.text = current\_pos+" / "+total;  
}  
var ij=0  
function sload() {  
for (var i = 0; i\<image.length; i++) {  
//var clip = drawSquare(this, i, 0, 0, 0, 104, 71);  
var clip = this.attachMovie(“thumb\_MC”, “thumb\_MC”+i, i);  
[//clip.gotoAndPlay](https://clip.gotoAndPlay)(“loaded”);  
clip.\_x =90+ (i%columns)\*spacex;  
clip.\_y =190+ Math.floor(i/columns)\*spacey;  
//var clap =clip.createEmptyMovieClip(“tt”,1)  
//clap.\_x = 2  
//clap.\_y = 2  
cliparray.push(clip.charge\_vignette);  
clip.pictureValue = i;  
clip.onRelease = function() {  
p = this.pictureValue-1;  
nextImage();  
};  
clip.onRollOver = function() {  
this.ro.gotoAndPlay(“open”);

```
    };
    clip.onRollOut = function() {
        this.ro.gotoAndPlay("close");
    };
    clip.site_url.text = website*
    
    this.shots.shot2.onPress = function() {
    picture.loadMovie(screenshots1[p], 1);
    };
    this.shots.shot1.onPress = function() {
    picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
    };
    this.shots.shot3.onPress = function() {
    picture.loadMovie(screenshots2[p], 1);
    };
    
}
startload();

```

}  
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“checker”,1000)  
function checkload() {  
checker.onEnterFrame = function() {  
if (cliparray[ij].\_width) {

```
        delete this.onEnterFrame;
        if (ij&lt;cliparray.length) {
            //trace(cliparray[ij]+" - Loaded!");
            _level0["thumb_MC"+ij].gotoAndPlay("loaded");
            ij++;
            startload();
        }
    }
};

```

}  
function startload() {  
cliparray[ij].loadMovie(thumbnails[ij]);  
checkload();  
}[/AS]

Someone Please Help.