# XML and Flash HELP!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-help/202104
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 27, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-help/202104 "2006-09-27T18:52:28Z")
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### Author: ![rurth24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@rurth24](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rurth24)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-and-flash-help/202104/1 "2006-09-27T18:52:28Z")

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I’m having a major problem that needs some expert help…

I’m messin around with a premade Photogallery that uses external XML file to populate the flash gallery. Everything works great but I wanted to manipulate it alittle so I can add active links.

Here are my tests:

**Test1**  
I changed all instances of .text to .htmlText  
published: (flashplayer 7 actionscript 2) = Everything still worked fine

**Test2**  
I changed all instances of .text to .htmlText and added \<a href\> to xml file.  
published: (flashplayer 7 actionscript 2) = Everything still worked fine but no link text showed up.

**Test3**  
I changed all instances of .text to .htmlText and added \<a href\> to xml file and converted txtbox to “render as html”  
published: (flashplayer 7 actionscript 2) = No text showed up at all.

Here is the basic XML file:

-------xml page----------------------------------------------------------------  
\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8” standalone=“yes”?\>  
\<images\>  
\<pic\>  
\<image\>flash/images/image\_FULL.jpg\</image\>  
\<caption\>Come to [COLOR=red]\<a href=“http:www.test.com”\>link\</a\>[/COLOR] and see this test.\<caption\>  
\<thumbnail\>flash/images/image\_THUMB.jpg\</thumbnail\>  
\</pic\>  
\</images\>  
-------end of xml page----------------------------------------------------------

-------Flash script--------------------------------------------------------------

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.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.htmlText = description[p];  
picture\_num();  
}  
}  
}  
function prevImage() {  
if (p\>0) {  
p–;  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);  
desc\_txt.htmlText = description[p];  
picture\_num();  
}  
}  
function firstImage() {  
if (loaded == filesize) {  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);  
desc\_txt.htmlText = description[0];  
picture\_num();  
}  
}  
function picture\_num() {  
current\_pos = p+1;  
pos\_txt.htmlText = current\_pos+" / "+total;  
}  
function thumbNailScroller() {  
// thumbnail code!  
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“tscroller”, 1000);  
scroll\_speed = 10;  
tscroller.onEnterFrame = function() {  
if ((\_root.\_ymouse\>=thumbnail\_mc.\_y) && (\_root.\_ymouse\<=thumbnail\_mc.\_y+thumbnail\_mc.\_height)) {  
if ((\_root.\_xmouse\>=(hit\_right.\_x-40)) && (thumbnail\_mc.hitTest(hit\_right))) {  
thumbnail\_mc.\_x -= scroll\_speed;  
} else if ((\_root.\_xmouse\<=40) && (thumbnail\_mc.hitTest(hit\_left))) {  
thumbnail\_mc.\_x += 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.\_x = hit\_left.\_x+(eval(“thumbnail\_mc.t”+k).\_width+5)\*k;  
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);  
}