# Today's project

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/todays-project/35182>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 11, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/todays-project/35182 "2003-11-11T12:02:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![capt\_ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@capt\_ace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/capt_ace)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/todays-project/35182/1 "2003-11-11T12:02:12Z")

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I’m still quite new to actionscripting and wondered if anyone could give me some pointers over the next few hours.

I’ve done a few bits a actionscript, but I still feel that it han’t quite clicked in my brain. I keep needing to ask very basic questions on , syntax, method etc…

I’m trying to build a photo gallery that has a sort of elastic thumbnail menu. I could just rip someone else’s, but that isn’t going to help me develop.

What I’m trying to do today is make something similar to CommanderCool’s elastic menu. I want to replace the coloured boxes with thumbnails (15). I can then link each one to it’s full size image using loadmove.

[CommanderCool’s Menu](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=32928&highlight=CommanderCool)

I’m not sure how to get this help session started, so i’ll just post it and see how we go.

Thanks in advance…

Capt,

P.S : I’m using Flash MX

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/todays-project/35182/2 "2003-11-11T12:48:39Z")

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well if you wanted to use Commander’s exact file (for learning purposes I assume, not your own =)) you could edit the orange clips and inside those clips put your thumbnails as buttons on each frame and on each frame put a stop()…

now when the clips duplicate, you could tell them to go to a certain frame, so that they would all be the same clip but on a different frame, the menu elastic coding would stay the same…

clear enough ? (mmh i dunt think so rereading my post=))

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/todays-project/35182/3 "2003-11-11T13:12:35Z")

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Why can’t I look at things so simply…

I’ll do it now and let you know…

Thanks

Capt,

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/todays-project/35182/4 "2003-11-11T15:00:41Z")

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With limited knowledge, I’ve got that bit working and have gotten stuck on the next bit

Each box now moves to a new frame to show the correct thumbnail image.

Next Part…

I have prepared some images and named them photo1.jpg - photo10.jpg. But how do I tell each movie which photo to load. Everything I’ve tried so far has brought up photo1.jpg for every thumbnail.

I’m getting vague, sorry…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/todays-project/35182/5 "2003-11-11T15:09:00Z")

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ok a hardcore flasher would probably kill me but this might work (when you press the clip it loads the image of the corresponding frame, thus using currentframe function: )

```auto

on (press) {
	_root.container.loadMovie("box"+_this._currentframe+".jpg");
}

```

cheers  
mlk =)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/todays-project/35182/6 "2003-11-11T15:24:30Z")

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I won’t tell anyone if you won’t 😉

It worked anyway… although I had to replace " \_this " with “this”.

Many thank U’s …

Maybe do it again sometime…

Regs

Capt,