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Protecting A Xml Based Gallery From Being Locally Run

Hi guys and girls,
been up all night, having troubles thinking logically so bare with me..

My question is in relation to an image gallery I have. Users have to register before they can gain access to this gallery through a registration system I have setup. Now that all works fine, but Im wondering whether my login strategy is the safest option and most logical. You see currently a user logs in by filling in a Flash based form (login.swf), which if valid after quering the mysql db then in-turn loads the gallery.swf file which contains the image gallery. Now of coarse due to the caching of the gallery.swf file, and the fact this gallery runs off an xml file any user can run the gallery locally, which is good for useabiloty but terrible for security

Any ideas?
Should I put the login form into gallery.swf? and do away with login.swf?

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Posted on: 05-18-2005, 06:02 PM

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Hi guys and girls,
been up all night, having troubles thinking logically so bare with me..

My question is in relation to an image gallery I have. Users have to register before they can gain access to this gallery through a registration system I have setup. Now that all works fine, but Im wondering whether my login strategy is the safest option and most logical. You see currently a user logs in by filling in a Flash based form (login.swf), which if valid after quering the mysql db then in-turn loads the gallery.swf file which contains the image gallery. Now of coarse due to the caching of the gallery.swf file, and the fact this gallery runs off an xml file any user can run the gallery locally, which is good for useabiloty but terrible for security

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</IMAGES>
<IMAGESDIRECT>

<imageNode01 imgURL="images/01.jpg" />
<imageNode02 imgURL="images/02.jpg" />
<imageNode03 imgURL="images/03.jpg" />
</IMAGESDIRECT>

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im trying to load an external movie clip named gallery.swf (which is based on xml) to be loaded into my main movie...

it seems my external movie clip is replacing the main movie.
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here is the code of the gallery.swf:

[code]var imageArray = new Array();
imageXML = new XML();
imageXML.onLoad = function ()
{
var __reg3 = undefined;
var __reg4 = undefined;
__reg4 = this.firstChild;
this.loadThumbsAtOnce = int(__reg4.attributes.loadthumbsatonce);

this.bgColor = __reg4.attributes.bgcolor;
this.pnlColor = __reg4.attributes.pnlcolor;
this.picBgColor = __reg4.attributes.picbgcolor;
this.showCaption = int(__reg4.attributes.showcaption);
this.captionBgColor = __reg4.attributes.captionbgcolor;
this.layoutType = int(__reg4.attributes.layout);
this.loadBarBgColor = __reg4.attributes.thumbloadbarcolor;
this.thumbLoadDelay = int(__reg4.attributes.thumbloaddelay);
this.roundRect = int(__reg4.attributes.roundrect);
this.roundPix = int(__reg4.attributes.roundpix);
this.captionColor = __reg4.attributes.captioncolor;
this.shadowWidth = int(__reg4.attributes.shadowwidth);
this.drawShadows = int(__reg4.attributes.drawshadows);
this.shadowAlpha = int(__reg4.attributes.shadowalpha);
this.showSelected = int(__reg4.attributes.showselected);
this.selectionColor = __reg4.attributes.selectioncolor;
this.shadowColor = __reg4.attributes.shadowcolor;
this.showPrintBtn = int(__reg4.attributes.showprintbtn);
this.animPageBtns = int(__reg4.attributes.animpagebtns);
this.titleColor = __reg4.attributes.titlecolor;
this.pageBtnColor = __reg4.attributes.pagebtncolor;
this.popupLink = int(__reg4.attributes.popuplink);
this.smoothScroll = int(__reg4.attributes.smoothscroll);
if (this.layoutType != 1 && this.layoutType != 2 && this.layoutType != 3 && this.layoutType != 4) {
this.layoutType = 1;
}

var __reg6 = __reg4.childNodes.length;
__reg3 = 0;
while (__reg3 < __reg6)
{
var __reg5 = new Array();
__reg5.push(__reg4.childNodes[__reg3].attributes.thumb);
__reg5.push(__reg4.childNodes[__reg3].firstChild.nodeValue);
++__reg3;
__reg5.push(__reg4.childNodes[__reg3].firstChild.nodeValue);
++__reg3;
__reg5.push(__reg4.childNodes[__reg3].firstChild.nodeValue);
__reg5.push(__reg4.childNodes[__reg3].attributes.popupwidth);
__reg5.push(__reg4.childNodes[__reg3].attributes.popupheight);
imageArray.push(__reg5);
++__reg3;
}

this.gallery_mc.initCanvas();
}
;
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this.xmlFile = "gallery.xml";
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imageXML.load("xyz/"+this.xmlFile);

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This is driving me nuts! I based this off a tutorial that I saw posted in the forum.(http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm)

Anyway, I cannot get all my images to show up, and when I do, I only get a few I am not a Flash developer, but am somewhat forced to do this.

The code isn't complete, as I am striving to fix this problem. I have the images separated into categories, and I will eventually want the user to be able to change the categories via a comboBox. When the movie loads, I see my XML data... but problems with the images!

Right now my goal is to find out what's going on with my images. In my fashion array, the only images that are showing up are on the last 2. I have set the default category to 'fashion' so I can demonstrate this.

http://www.schmidtstudio.com/imagegallery.html

http://www.schmidtstudio.com/imagegallery.fla [flash file]

Any help, advice is greatly appreciated! If I haven't explained myself good enough, just let me know.

EDIT: The XML code

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<images>
<commercial>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/02.jpg</image>
<caption>Commercial 1</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/thumbnails/02.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/02.jpg</image>
<caption>Commercial 2</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/thumbnails/02.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
</commercial>
<fashion>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/01.jpg</image>
<caption>Fashion 1</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/thumbnails/01.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/02.jpg</image>
<caption>Fashion 2</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/thumbnails/02.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/03.jpg</image>
<caption>Fashion 3</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/thumbnails/03.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/04.jpg</image>
<caption>Fashion 4</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/thumbnails/04.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/05.jpg</image>
<caption>Fashion 5</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/thumbnails/05.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/06.jpg</image>
<caption>Fashion 6</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/thumbnails/06.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/07.jpg</image>
<caption>Fashion 7</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/fashion/thumbnails/07.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
</fashion>
<portrait>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/01.jpg</image>
<caption>Portrait 1</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/thumbnails/02.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/01.jpg</image>
<caption>Portrait 2</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/thumbnails/02.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
</portrait>
<wedding>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/01.jpg</image>
<caption>Wedding 1</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/thumbnails/01.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/01.jpg</image>
<caption>Wedding 2</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/thumbnails/02.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
<pic>
<image>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/01.jpg</image>
<caption>Wedding 3</caption>
<thumbnail>http://www.schmidtstudio.com/images/wedding/thumbnails/03.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
</wedding>
</images>

EDIT: Here is the Actionscript for the gallery

Code:
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;
}
}
};
menuItems = [{label:"Commercial", data: "commercial"},
{label:"Fashion", data: "fashion"},
{label: "Portrait", data: "portrait"},
{label:"Weddings", data: "wedding"}];
this.catSelector.setDataProvider(menuItems);

xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("includes/images.xml");
////////////////////////////////
function loadXML(loaded) {

if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
//category = this.catSelector.selectedItem.data;
category = "fashion";
image = [];
description = [];
thumbnails = [];
totalCategories = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<totalCategories; i++) {

if (xmlNode.childNodes[i].nodeName == category)
{
xmlCategory = xmlNode.childNodes[i];
//trace(xmlCategory);
totalPics = xmlCategory.childNodes.length;

for (j=0; j< totalPics; j++)
{
image[j] = xmlCategory.childNodes[j].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description[j] = xmlCategory.childNodes[j].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails[j] = xmlCategory.childNodes[j].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails_fn(j);
}
}
}
firstImage();
}
else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}

/////////////////////////////////////

function changeXML() {
images = null;
description = null;
thumbnails = null;
if (category == xmlNode.childNodes[i].nodeName ) {
xmlCategory = xmlNode.childNodes[i];
//trace(xmlCategory);
totalPics = xmlCategory.childNodes.length;

for (j=0; j< totalPics; j++) {

image[j] = xmlCategory.childNodes[j].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description[j] = xmlCategory.childNodes[j].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails[j] = xmlCategory.childNodes[j].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails_fn(j);
}
}
}
////////////////////////////////////
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();
};
/////////////////////////////////////
function nextImage() {

if (p<(totalPics-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+" / "+totalPics;
}

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);
}

[Flash CS3] Loading An External Gallery Based On Xml
im trying to load an external movie clip named gallery.swf (which is based on xml) to be loaded into my main movie...

you can download the files from here:
http://oras.phpwebhosting.com/Flashkit/Archive%202.zip

Please launch shoes-03.swf > then goto Collection > Pre-steps
it will load the external gallery.swf and you will see the error there.

till now i cant find out why im getting that error !!

Pre-loading External Images For XML-based Gallery
I'm working-on an XML-based photo gallery here:
http://www.unionandparkwood.com/demo/flash_gallery/

It works how I want it, except that the first time a thumbnail is clicked for an image, it pauses long enough to skip the fade. If you click-through the images a second time, you'll see that it works smoothly. My guess is that the first time the thumbnail is clicked, the image isn't cached, yet.

I tried to fix this by creating a JavaScript file for the page to pre-load each image and thumbnail:
0003a = new Image;
0003a.src = "images/Down-Range.jpg";
0003b = new Image;
0003b.src = "thumbnails/Down-Range.jpg";

But that didn't work. What would be the best way to do this?

I included a link to "Download ZIP" of the FLA project on this page, too, because it wouldn't be easy for me to describe what's happening. In a nutshell, a thumbnail click launches a function that loads the appropriate image into the main image holder. What seems to be happening the first time is the image isn't loaded before the fade is finished, so the image just appears after a short pause the first time.

Problem With Xml Gallery Based On Kirupa Tutorial
Hi
I want to change code from here http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...togallery2.htm that at the end of photos next_btn will change colour for black, or just set alpha=0. Also With prev_btn at the first photo.

Anyone can help?
thank You
Rafal

Help W/ Multiple Slide Show - Based On Photo Gallery Tut.
Based on Kirupa Photogallery tutorial with the slide show alteration, I have adapted this great concept for my current web project.

-Currently I have a main movie 4 frames (2 preloader / 2 main timeline)
-A movie clip which is a tree style menu with main categories & subcategories etc.
-The first frame of the main is for into text, frame 2 is to load external movies.

The menu sub categories load slide shows (.swf files) that I have succesfully created using the tutorial.

I load them into level 1 , assuming that the main is level 0 and the appear properly at parent frame 4 which is frame 2 on the main timeline but they are being activated from a menu movie clip (silly but you guys have seen this before)
Ok, now the problem, When I use the slide show in an On Release situation where it can be activated as many times as you hit the button, it goes haywire and throws of the delay if you it is multiple times. or try to load a different slide show movie clip. What ever the last one playing was will be rapidly loading images, sometimes out of order, depending on how fast you pressed the button.

Here is an example of my button code which pulls the movie with the slide show from a different directory. Unloading the movie doesn't seem to work:

////////////////////

on (release) {

unloadMovieNum(1);
_parent.gotoAndStop(4);
loadMovie("sld/brindle.swf",1);

}
////////////////////

any help is greatly appreciated. I would really like to use this code in a multiple instance scenario.

Actionscript For Adding Sound To An XML Based Photo Gallery
I was wondering how I could add sound to a gallery that is driven by xml.
I have a gallery that loads the picture, Title and description. the gallery is downloadable here. http://www.flashmo.com/prev...o_133_fisheye
The regular gallery loads a web page when the picture is clicked. I am trying to make each picture load a different mp3.
I have the general Idea of how it would be done but I don't know how put it to actionscript.
I figured you would basically create a sound object that loads the specific mp3 from the xml file when the picture is clicked from the gallery.
Can Anyone help me with this?
I think I might have some what of the idea right but I get an error everytime I load the swf file.
"ArgumentError: Error #2068: Invalid sound.
at flash.media::Sound/play()
at MethodInfo-6()"
If anyone could help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.

Here is the actionscript.

Code:
// Copyright © flashmo.com
// Developed by Min Thu

stop();

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.SimpleButton;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.media.Sound;
import flash.media.SoundChannel;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.navigateToURL;
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;

var filename_list = new Array();
var url_list = new Array();
var url_target_list:Array = new Array();
var title_list = new Array();
var description_list = new Array();
var song_list = new Array();

var i:Number;
var j:Number;
var tn:Number = 0;
var default_scale:Number = 0.6;
var new_scale:Number;
var center_x:Number = tn_group_mask.x + tn_group_mask.width * 0.5;
var half_of_tn_width:Number = 80;
var current_mc:MovieClip;

var total:Number;
var flashmo_xml:XML = new XML();
var folder:String = "thumbnails/";
var xml_loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xml_loader.load(new URLRequest("flashmo_129_thumbnail_list.xml"));
xml_loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, create_thumbnail);

var thumbnail_group:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
stage.addChild(thumbnail_group);

thumbnail_group.mask = tn_group_mask;
thumbnail_group.x = tn_group.x;
thumbnail_group.y = tn_group.y;

tn_group.visible = false;
tn_title.text = "";
tn_desc.text = "";
tn_url.text = "";

function create_thumbnail(e:Event):void
{
flashmo_xml = XML(e.target.data);
total = flashmo_xml.thumbnail.length();

for( i = 0; i < total; i++ )
{
filename_list.push( flashmo_xml.thumbnail[i].@filename.toString() );
url_list.push( flashmo_xml.thumbnail[i].@url.toString() );

title_list.push( flashmo_xml.thumbnail[i].@title.toString() );
description_list.push( flashmo_xml.thumbnail[i].@description.toString() );
song_list.push (flashmo_xml.thumbnail[i].@filename.toString() );

load_tn();
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fisheye );
}

function load_tn():void
{
var pic_request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( folder + filename_list[tn] );
var pic_loader:Loader = new Loader();

pic_loader.load(pic_request);
pic_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, on_loaded);
tn++;
}

function on_loaded(e:Event):void
{
if( tn < total )
{
load_tn();
}

var flashmo_bm:Bitmap = new Bitmap();
var flashmo_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

flashmo_bm = Bitmap(e.target.content);
flashmo_bm.x = - flashmo_bm.width * 0.5;
flashmo_bm.y = - flashmo_bm.height * 0.5;
flashmo_bm.smoothing = true;

var bg_width = flashmo_bm.width + 10;
var bg_height = flashmo_bm.height + 10;

flashmo_mc.addChild(flashmo_bm);
flashmo_mc.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x666666);
flashmo_mc.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
flashmo_mc.graphics.drawRect( - bg_width * 0.5, - bg_height * 0.5, bg_width, bg_height );
flashmo_mc.graphics.endFill();

flashmo_mc.name = "flashmo_" + thumbnail_group.numChildren;
flashmo_mc.buttonMode = true;
flashmo_mc.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, tn_over );
flashmo_mc.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, tn_out );
flashmo_mc.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, tn_click );

flashmo_mc.scaleX = flashmo_mc.scaleY = default_scale;
flashmo_mc.x = thumbnail_group.numChildren * 94;

thumbnail_group.addChild(flashmo_mc);
}

function tn_over(e:MouseEvent):void
{
var mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(e.target);
var s_no:Number = parseInt(mc.name.slice(8,10));

if( s_no > 1 )
thumbnail_group.addChild( thumbnail_group.getChildByName("flashmo_" + (s_no-2) ) );
if( s_no > 0 )
thumbnail_group.addChild( thumbnail_group.getChildByName("flashmo_" + (s_no-1) ) );

if( s_no < thumbnail_group.numChildren - 2 )
thumbnail_group.addChild( thumbnail_group.getChildByName("flashmo_" + (s_no+2) ) );
if( s_no < thumbnail_group.numChildren - 1 )
thumbnail_group.addChild( thumbnail_group.getChildByName("flashmo_" + (s_no+1) ) );

thumbnail_group.addChild( mc );

tn_title.text = title_list[s_no];
tn_desc.text = description_list[s_no];
tn_url.text = url_list[s_no];
}

function tn_out(e:MouseEvent):void
{
tn_title.text = "";
tn_desc.text = "";
tn_url.text = "";
}

function tn_click(e:MouseEvent):void
{
var mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(e.target);
var s_no:Number = parseInt(mc.name.slice(8,10));
var s:Sound = new Sound();
var sc:SoundChannel = s.play();

navigateToURL(new URLRequest(song_list[s_no]));
}
}
function fisheye(e:Event):void
{
thumbnail_group.x -= ( mou*** - center_x ) * 0.05;

if( thumbnail_group.x > tn_group_mask.x + half_of_tn_width )
{
thumbnail_group.x = tn_group_mask.x + half_of_tn_width;
}
else if( thumbnail_group.x < tn_group_mask.x - thumbnail_group.width + tn_group_mask.width )
{
thumbnail_group.x = tn_group_mask.x - thumbnail_group.width + tn_group_mask.width;
}

if( mouseY > tn_group_mask.y && mouseY < tn_group_mask.y + tn_group_mask.height )
{
for( j = 0; j < thumbnail_group.numChildren; j++ )
{
current_mc = MovieClip(thumbnail_group.getChildAt(j));
var distance:Number = Math.sqrt(
Math.pow( Math.abs( stage.mou*** - (current_mc.x + thumbnail_group.x) ) , 2)
+ Math.pow( Math.abs( stage.mouseY - (current_mc.y + thumbnail_group.y) ) , 2)
);

new_scale = 1 - ( distance * 0.002 );

current_mc.scaleX += (new_scale - current_mc.scaleX) * 0.2;
current_mc.scaleY += (new_scale - current_mc.scaleY) * 0.2;

if( current_mc.scaleX < default_scale )
current_mc.scaleX = current_mc.scaleY = default_scale;
}
}
else
{
for( j = 0; j < thumbnail_group.numChildren; j++ )
{
current_mc = MovieClip(thumbnail_group.getChildAt(j));

current_mc.scaleX += (default_scale - current_mc.scaleX) * 0.2;
current_mc.scaleY += (default_scale - current_mc.scaleY) * 0.2;
}
}
}
And here is the XML shortened.

Code:
<thumbnails>
<thumbnail filename="flashmo_128_elegant.jpg" url="http://www.flashmo.com/preview/flashmo_128_elegant" target="_parent._parent"
title="Item No. 1 (128 elegant)"
description="Elegant Design - Flash website template, subpages for products, AS3 contact form"
song="Sound.mp3"/>
<thumbnail filename="flashmo_127_curtain.jpg" url="http://www.flashmo.com/preview/flashmo_127_curtain" target="_parent._parent"
title="Item No. 2 (127 curtain)"
description="Curtain template for making simple Flash websites including ActionScript 3 + PHP contact form"
song="Sound.mp3"/>
<thumbnail filename="flashmo_126_envelope.jpg" url="http://www.flashmo.com/preview/flashmo_126_envelope" target="_parent._parent"
title="Item No. 3 (126 envelope)"
description="Envelope Template with drag N drop Flash photo gallery, ActionScript 3.0"
song="Sound.mp3"/>
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