# Non xml gallery?please help

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**Created:** [May 3, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/non-xml-gallery-please-help/224606 "2007-05-03T17:24:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![andyryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@andyryan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andyryan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/non-xml-gallery-please-help/224606/1 "2007-05-03T17:24:16Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to set up a photogallery with a series of scrolling thumbnails that when clicked load a main jpeg image. Ive got the buttons scrolling ok already. Ideally i dont want to use xml and however much i try, i seem to be a little AS retarded so i am having trouble borrowing from the tutorials. I am happy to code each button individually and want them to load an external jpeg. This would be easy on its own but obviously i would like to have a transition between the images e.g one fades out and another fades in or ideally one bleaches out and another bleaches in (over exposure effect). If it was a simple next/previous button system then again it would be easy as i could animate it on the timeline but the fact that the user can select any thumbnail causes me problems as i guess i need to code it using lots of IF statements.

At the moment im this far:

on (release) {  
\_root.container\_mc.createEmptyMovieClip(“large\_mc”,1);  
\_root.container\_mc.large\_mc.loadMovie(“016.jpg”);

}

Anyone got any ideas???