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6.9

Adding title to XML Flash gallery and allowing for blank links

Asked by maxms in ActionScript, Macromedia Flash

Tags: , ,

Hello,

I have been trying to add a couple of new features to this XML gallery for a client and can't seem to get it to work.

I need to do three things:

1. Each image can have a link applied to it, however the client wants to allow for images that may not have a link. Right now it will still show the link cursor and then show a 404 error if clicked. I've been trying to figure out how to create an if statement that will just show a system cursor if there is no value for 'thelink.'

2. I am resizing the full images to allow a space underneath them for two lines of text. I need to add the correct code within the ActionScript and the attribute in the XML. Can I add line breaks in the XML or can I set it within the AS to wrap the text?

3. I'm not positive as to how to specify the font face and size. I assume that I would just apply a style to the div that holds the full swf file, correct?

Any help would be appreciated. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Here is a link to the test page:
http://maxms.com/obu/gallery.htm

I have attached the ActionScript as a snippet. Here is the general XML code:
<gallery thumb_width="33" thumb_height="33" gallery_width="274" gallery_height="328" gallery_x="10" gallery_y="15" full_x="54" full_y="15">
<image thumb_url="753_9845_tn.jpg" full_url="753_9845.jpg" thelink="" />
<image thumb_url="755_1675_tn.jpg" full_url="755_1675.jpg" thelink="" />
<image thumb_url="187_5231_tn.jpg" full_url="187_5231.jpg" thelink="" />
<image thumb_url="753_9670_tn.jpg" full_url="753_9670.jpg" thelink="" />
</gallery>

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var myGalleryXML = new XML();
myGalleryXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myGalleryXML.load("gallery.xml");
 
myGalleryXML.onLoad = function() {
 
_root.gallery_x = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.gallery_x;
_root.gallery_y = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.gallery_y;
_root.gallery_width = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.gallery_width;
_root.gallery_height = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.gallery_height;
 
_root.myImages = myGalleryXML.firstChild.childNodes;
_root.myImagesTotal = myImages.length;
 
_root.thumb_height = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.thumb_height;
_root.thumb_width = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.thumb_width;
 
_root.full_x = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.full_x;
_root.full_y = myGalleryXML.firstChild.attributes.full_y;
 
callThumbs();
createMask();
thumbsOver();
callFullImage(0);
 
};
 
function callThumbs() { _root.createEmptyMovieClip("container_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
        container_mc._x = _root.gallery_x;
        container_mc._y = _root.gallery_y;
        var clipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
        var preloader = new Object();
        clipLoader.addListener(preloader);
        for (i=0; i<_root.myImagesTotal; i++) {
                thumbURL = myImages[i].attributes.thumb_url;
                /*create myThumb_Container 
                which holds "holder" into which you load the image and
                holds "bordermc" which is the border around your image
                */
                myThumb_Container = container_mc.createEmptyMovieClip(i, container_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
                myThumb_Container._y = _root.thumb_height*i*1.25;
                myThumb_mc = myThumb_Container.createEmptyMovieClip("holder", myThumb_Container.getNextHighestDepth());
                myBorder = myThumb_Container.createEmptyMovieClip("bordermc", myThumb_Container.getNextHighestDepth());
                /// draw the border
                myBorder.lineStyle(1,0x000000,100);
                myBorder.moveTo(0,0);
                myBorder.lineTo(_root.thumb_width,0);
                myBorder.lineTo(_root.thumb_width,_root.thumb_height);
                myBorder.lineTo(0,_root.thumb_height);
                myBorder.lineTo(0,0);
                ////first make all borders visible=false
                myBorder._visible = false;
                clipLoader.loadClip("photos_thumbs/"+thumbURL,myThumb_mc);
                preloader.onLoadComplete = function(target) {
                        target.onRelease = function() {
                                //// this._parent._name since we added the myThumb_Container which holds everything
                                callFullImage(this._parent._name);
                                /// loop through all thumbs and make border visible=false
                                for (i=0; i<_root.myImagesTotal; i++) {
                                        var deselectmc:MovieClip = container_mc[i].bordermc;
                                        deselectmc._visible = false;
                                }
                                /// make the selected border visible=true
                                this._parent.bordermc._visible = true;
                        };
                        target.onRollOver = function() {
                                this._alpha = 40;
                        };
                        target.onRollOut = function() {
                                this._alpha = 100;
                        };
 
                };
        }
}
////Listener for fullImage_mc
var fClip = new Object();
fClip.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
        target_mc.onRelease = function() {
                getURL(_root.FullImageLink, "_blank");
        };
 
};
function callFullImage(myNumber) {
        myURL = myImages[myNumber].attributes.full_url;
        _root.createEmptyMovieClip("fullImage_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
        fullImage_mc._x = _root.full_x;
        fullImage_mc._y = _root.full_y;
        ////store the link from XML in _root.FullImageLink
        _root.FullImageLink = myImages[myNumber].attributes.thelink;
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        var fullClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
        fullClipLoader.addListener(fClip);
        fullClipLoader.loadClip("photos_full/"+myURL,fullImage_mc);
 
}
 
function createMask() {
 
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mask_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
 
mask_mc._x = _root.gallery_x;
mask_mc._y = _root.gallery_y;
 
mask_mc.beginFill(0x000000,100);
mask_mc.lineTo(_root.gallery_width,0);
mask_mc.lineTo(_root.gallery_width,_root.gallery_height);
mask_mc.lineTo(0,_root.gallery_height);
mask_mc.lineTo(0,0);
 
container_mc.setMask(mask_mc);
 
}
 
container_mc.onRollOver = thumbsOver;
 
function thumbsOver() {
	this.onEnterFrame = scrollThumbs;
	delete this.onRollOver;
}
 
var b = stroke.getBounds(_root);
 
function scrollThumbs() {
	if (_ymouse<b.yMin || _ymouse>b.yMax || _xmouse<b.xMin || _xmouse>b.xMax) {
		this.onRollOver = thumbsOver;
		delete this.onEnterFrame;
	}
	
	if(container_mc._y >= 10) {
		container_mc._y=10
	}
	
	if(container_mc._y <= -210) {
		container_mc._y=-210
	}
	
	var xdist = _ymouse - 100;
	
	container_mc._y += xdist / -10;
}
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