I've made a simple FLA which loads from XML thumbnails into a grid which you can set:

the starting x and y positions
right padding
bottom padding
thumbnails per row

Get it here: http://gridflare.com/aen/FLAs/xmlthumbsgrid.zip

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[egeis]

Here's the AS if you want to know before you download.

// Specify your XMl file path
var xmlPath:String = "thumbs.xml";
 
// You can control the starting x and y positions, left/right paddings and top/bottom paddings
function loadThumbs(xmlObj,startX,startY,thumbsPerRow,lrPad,tbPad) {
    // Defaults
    if(!startX) { var startX = 0; }
    if(!startY) { var startY = 0; }
    if(!rows) { var rows = 0; }
    if(!lrPad) { var lrPad = 0; }
    if(!tbPad) { var tbPad = 0; }
    // Setup
    var thumbWidth:Number = 130;
    var thumbHeight:Number = 97;
    // Grid setup
    var nbrPosInit:Array = [startX, startY];
    var nbrColMax:Number = thumbsPerRow;
    var nbrIcr:Array = [lrPad, tbPad];
    // XML Parsing
    var nodes = xmlObj.firstChild.childNodes;
    numThumbs = nodes.length;
    for (var i = 0; i<numThumbs; i++) {
        var t = _root.attachMovie("mc_thumb", "mc_thumb"+i, i+1);
        // Grid positioning
        t._y = Math.floor(nbrPosInit[0]+Math.floor(i/nbrColMax)*(nbrIcr[0]+thumbHeight));
        t._x = Math.floor(nbrPosInit[1]+(i%nbrColMax)*(nbrIcr[1]+thumbWidth));
        t.thumb = nodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue;
        t.loadMovie(t.thumb);
        trace(t.thumb);
    }
}
// XML Object
var xmlObj = new XML();
xmlObj.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlObj.onLoad = function(ok) {
    if (ok) {
        // load thumbbnails for "this" xml object placing them at start x0 and y0, with 5 thumbnails per row, without any padding
        loadThumbs(this, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0);
    } else {
        trace("error loading xml");
    }
};
xmlObj.load(xmlPath); 

[v-x]

now that's weird...
the whole morning i've been workin'on just a thing like that, and finally i decided to take a brake and see what's goin' on in here, andd....here it is ....


so...may i use that mate

[egeis]

Feel free to use it for anything. It's on me.

[pixelone]

Thank you for this tutorial or file.. I really like it. How can I add spacing between the images? Is it possible to make each image into a button where you can define the URL in the XMl file for each image?

[depi]

is it possible put a navigation to see only 15(p.e.) thumbs each time?