# Scrolling Text with Scrolling MC

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-text-with-scrolling-mc/259519
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 6, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-text-with-scrolling-mc/259519 "2008-05-06T08:37:05Z")
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### Author: ![shellfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@shellfish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shellfish)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-text-with-scrolling-mc/259519/1 "2008-05-06T08:37:05Z")

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Hey Guys,

I wonder if someone could give me some help with this problem as it’s hurting my head!

I have some thumbnails set up which are pulled in by XML. I have up and down buttons which allows the users to scroll through the thumbs. I have just added a dynamic text box to the side which again uses xml to pull in the content. I now want it so that as well as the thumbs scrolling the text also scrolls at the same time. Here’s the code I have:

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.UP) {  
prevImage();  
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.DOWN) {  
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.\_xmouse\>=thumbnail\_mc.\_x) && (\_root.\_xmouse\<=thumbnail\_mc.\_x+thumbnail\_mc.\_width)) {  
if ((\_root.\_ymouse\>=(hit\_right.\_y-40)) && (thumbnail\_mc.hitTest(hit\_right))) {  
thumbnail\_mc.\_y -= scroll\_speed;  
} else if ((\_root.\_ymouse\<=(hit\_left.\_y+40)) && (thumbnail\_mc.hitTest(hit\_left))) {  
thumbnail\_mc.\_y += 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.\_y =(target\_mc.\_height+5)\*k;  
//trace(target\_mc.\_width+” "+target\_mc.\_parent.\_rotation)  
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);  
}

//init TextArea component  
myText.html = true;  
myText.wordWrap = true;  
myText.multiline = true;  
myText.label.condenseWhite=true;  
/\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*/  
//load css  
kungFuStyle = new TextField.StyleSheet();  
kungFuStyle.load(“kungfu.css”);  
myText.styleSheet = kungFuStyle;  
/\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*/  
//load in XML  
kungFuContent = new XML();  
kungFuContent.ignoreWhite = true;  
kungFuContent.load(“kungfu.xml”);  
kungFuContent.onLoad = function(success)  
{  
if(success)  
{  
myText.text = kungFuContent;  
}  
}

Thanks

Shell