[huzi8t9]

Hello, D.I.C.

I'm making a flash website, and the customer would like a gallery. This is all good, the website is beautiful and such, but how would I prepare for any amount of images? It's not as if I can have a HTML container and the area for the images would have a CSS element of overflow: auto.

I know that it IS possible, I just don't know how I would go about it.

This website is written in AS2.0.

Thanks in advance, any help appreciated.

~huzi

[chinchang]

You need to use masking.

A big movieclip that acts as mask to a row of images.

This stuff might help.

[huzi8t9]

chinchang, on 07 July 2012 - 07:24 PM, said:

You need to use masking.

A big movieclip that acts as mask to a row of images.

This stuff might help.

Thanks for the reply, but I don't think I explained myself clear. I don't want a viewer - so to speak, I want an image selector, but to be prepared for say, 5 images and then also be prepared for say 25 images. Because I want to be able to select any one of those images, I can't just place a certain amount of movieclips and hope that they only upload that amount of images.

Do you understand what I mean? I'm not sure if I'm wording it right.

Thanks again

~huzi

[chinchang]

May be an example of your requirement might help...

[huzi8t9]

chinchang, on 08 July 2012 - 10:07 AM, said:

May be an example of your requirement might help...

Well, this looks good, but I don't know how they prepare for any amount of images. It's all confusing.

Thanks for your reply


~huzi

[chinchang]

Are you going to have the image information stored in an XML file or similar database?

[huzi8t9]

chinchang, on 08 July 2012 - 09:52 PM, said:

Are you going to have the image information stored in an XML file or similar database?

I will be using MySQL and PHP.PHP will create the XML document to populate the images.

~huzi

This post has been edited by huzi8t9: 08 July 2012 - 10:10 PM

[stayscrisp]

I would go with the tilelist component for this, it's the perfect fit

http://www.adobe.com...ponent_as3.html

Hope that helps

[huzi8t9]

stayscrisp, on 09 July 2012 - 11:19 AM, said:

I would go with the tilelist component for this, it's the perfect fit

http://www.adobe.com...ponent_as3.html

Hope that helps

Thanks, that does look really helpful, but I was hoping to do my gallery in AS2.0 and the provided information is for AS3.0.

I'll try and work up some script and see if I can shed some more light on my intentions and seek help on how I could better my methods -- if it all.

Watch this space.

Thanks

~huzi

[stayscrisp]

eeeewww! AS2! Don't do it!

[huzi8t9]

stayscrisp, on 10 July 2012 - 09:07 AM, said:

eeeewww! AS2! Don't do it!

Would AS2 be bad then? I'm not very well educated in AS3, but I suppose a starting point is inevitable.

~huzi

[stayscrisp]

Well AS2 is just a lot more messy and it would do you good for for future projects to learn AS3.

[huzi8t9]

stayscrisp, on 10 July 2012 - 03:26 PM, said:

Well AS2 is just a lot more messy and it would do you good for for future projects to learn AS3.

Thanks, I'll get learning!!

~huzi

[stayscrisp]

Good luck!