XML Thumbnail preloader?

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Hi guys,
I’m fairly new to flash so i’d really appreciate your help. I would like to add preloaders to the thumbnail data in this script. Anyone know how to do that ?

_root.menuarrow_up._visible = false;
_root.menuarrow_down._visible = false;
var thumbHolder;
import flash.geom.Transform;
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
GenerateMenu = function(container, name, x, y, depth, node_xml) {
// variable declarations
//trace(node_xml);
var curr_node;
_global.curr_item
curr_item.preloader._visible = false;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);

// for all items or XML nodes (items and menus)
// within this node_xml passed for this menu
for (var i=0; i<node_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {

    // movieclip for each menu item
    curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie("menuitem","item"+i+"_mc", i);
    //trace("curr_menu" + "  " + curr_menu);
    curr_item._x = x
    //trace(curr_item._x);
    //curr_item._y = y*i + curr_item._height;
    curr_item._y = curr_item._height+y+curr_item._height*i;
    curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
    
    // item properties assigned from XML
    curr_node = node_xml.childNodes*;
    //trace('curr_node' + '  ' + curr_node);
    curr_item.action = curr_node.attributes.action;
    curr_item.variables = curr_node.attributes.variables;
    curr_item.name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
    // item submenu behavior for rollover event
    
    if (node_xml.childNodes*.nodeName == "menu"){
        
        // open a submenu
        //trace(node_xml.childNodes*.nodeName);
        curr_item.node_xml = curr_node;
        //trace(curr_item);
        curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver = function(){
        var textCol = new Color(this.name);
        textCol.setRGB(0x000000);
        
        this.menuitem_hit._alpha = 0;
        clickSound = new Sound();
        clickSound.attachSound("click2");
        clickSound.start(0, 1);
            //trace(x);
            var x = this._x;
            var y = this._y;
            //trace(x);
            // show a hover color
            //trace(this.node_xml);
            var col = new Color(this.background);
            col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
        };
    }else{ // nodeName == "item"
        // close existing submenu
        curr_item.onRollOver = curr_item.onDragOver = function(){
            var textCol = new Color(this.name);
            textCol.setRGB(0x000000);
            this.menuitem_hit._alpha = 0;
            var col = new Color(this.background);
            col.setRGB(0xf4faff);
        };
    }
    
    curr_item.onRollOut = curr_item.onDragOut = function(){
        var textCol = new Color(this.name);
        textCol.setRGB(0x666666);
        this.menuitem_hit._alpha = 75;
        clickSound = new Sound();
        stopAllSounds;
        // restore color
        var col = new Color(this.background);
        col.setTransform({ra:100,rb:0,ga:100,gb:0,ba:100,bb:0});
    };
    
    // any item, menu opening or not can have actions
    curr_item.onRelease = function(){
        
        Actions[this.action](this.variables);
        //trace(this.action);
        CloseSubmenus();
    };
} // end for loop

};
// create the main menu, this will be constantly visible
CreateMainMenu = function (x, y, depth, menu_xml) {
// generate a menu list
GenerateMenu(this, “mainmenu_mc”, x, y, depth, menu_xml.firstChild);
//trace(menu_xml.firstChild);
// close only submenus if visible durring a mouseup
// this main menu (mainmenu_mc) will remain
};
Actions = Object();
Actions.loadSection = function(loadVar) {
loadMovieNum(loadVar, 1);
//trace(“urlVar” + urlVar);
};
Actions.message = function(msg) {
message_txt.text = msg;
};
Actions.newMenu = function(menuxml) {
menu_xml.load(menuxml);
};
// load XML, when done, run CreateMainMenu to interpret it
menu_xml = new XML();
menu_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
menu_xml.onLoad = function(ok) {
// create main menu after successful loading of XML
_global.thumbHolder;
if (ok) {
CreateMainMenu(90, -30, 0, this);
//script used to create the thumbnails

numimages = this.firstChild.childNodes.length;
spacing = 150;
for (i=0; i<numimages; i++) {
    this.picHolder = this.firstChild.childNodes*;
    this.thumbHolder = thumbnails.createEmptyMovieClip("thumbnail"+i, i);
    this.thumbHolder._y = i*spacing;
    this.thumbLoader = this.thumbHolder.createEmptyMovieClip("thumbnail_image", 0);
    this.thumbLoader.loadMovie(this.picHolder.attributes.thmb);
    this.thumbHolder.title = this.picHolder.attributes.title;
    this.thumbHolder.main = this.picHolder.attributes.main;
    this.thumbHolder._alpha = 100;
}
} else {
    message_txt.text = "error:  XML not successfully loaded";
}

};
// load first XML menu
menu_xml.load(“menu2.xml”);
var borderHeight:Number = 600;
var topOfMenu:Number = 0;
var mItemHeight:Number = -150;
var menuHeight:Number = menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length;
_root.menuUp_btn.onRollOver = function() {
clickSound = new Sound();
clickSound.attachSound(“click2”);
clickSound.start(0, 99);
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (_root.xmlContent._y != topOfMenu) {
_root.xmlContent._y += 25;
_root.menuarrow_up._visible = true;
}else{
stopAllSounds();
_root.menuarrow_up._visible = false;
}
};
};
_root.menuUp_btn.onRollOut = function() {
_root.menuarrow_up._visible = false;
this.onEnterFrame = null;
stopAllSounds();
};
_root.menuDown_btn.onRollOver = function() {

        clickSound = new Sound();
        clickSound.attachSound("click2");
        clickSound.start(0, 99);
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
    if (_root.xmlContent._y != menu_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length*mItemHeight+borderHeight) {
        _root.xmlContent._y -= 25;
        _root.menuarrow_down._visible = true;
    }else{
    stopAllSounds();
    _root.menuarrow_down._visible = false;
    }
};

};
_root.menuDown_btn.onRollOut = function() {
_root.menuarrow_down._visible = false;
this.onEnterFrame = null;
stopAllSounds();
};