Re: changing substring to a variable number

Thanks for the advice, will have to check it out the XML tutorial. I wanted to sort this out as I learnt about substrings and I added a tween as well!
I got a good response from Rich Schupe at Learning Action Script 3.0 and used this to change the substring to the new Var. It needed to be an integer.

var frameVar:int = 1;

function thumbnailClick(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
var imageName:String = (evt.target.name);
frameVar = int(imageName.substring(5, imageName.length));
loadImageLarge();
trace("this is myString "+imageName);
}

function loadImageLarge():void
{
//////////trace button
/////////////goes to the scene of the button clicked
mediaData_mc.photosFadeUp_mc.photosData_mc.photoLargeLoad_mc.gotoAndStop("image"+frameVar);
mediaData_mc.photosFadeUp_mc.photosData_mc.photoLargeLoad_mc.PhotoContainerLarge_mc.gotoAndStop("image"+frameVar);
fadeTween = new Tween(mediaData_mc.photosFadeUp_mc.photosData_mc.photoLargeLoad_mc.PhotoContainerLarge_mc,"alpha", None.easeNone,0,1,1,true);
trace("this is the frameVar "+frameVar);
}

////////////////goes to the next frame
function loadImageLargeNext(event:MouseEvent):void
{
//////////trace button
trace("frameVar "+frameVar+" number");
/////////////goes to image plus the new number
frameVar++;
mediaData_mc.photosFadeUp_mc.photosData_mc.photoLargeLoad_mc.gotoAndStop("image"+frameVar);
mediaData_mc.photosFadeUp_mc.photosData_mc.photoLargeLoad_mc.PhotoContainerLarge_mc.gotoAndStop("image"+frameVar);
fadeTween = new Tween(mediaData_mc.photosFadeUp_mc.photosData_mc.photoLargeLoad_mc.PhotoContainerLarge_mc,"alpha", None.easeNone,0,1,1,true);

}

////////////////goes to the next frame
function loadImageLargePrevious(event:MouseEvent):void
{
//////////trace button
trace("go to this "+event.target.name+" "+frameVar+" in the Gallery section");
/////////////goes to image minus the new number
frameVar--;
mediaData_mc.photosFadeUp_mc.photosData_mc.photoLargeLoad_mc.gotoAndStop("image"+frameVar);
mediaData_mc.photosFadeUp_mc.photosData_mc.photoLargeLoad_mc.PhotoContainerLarge_mc.gotoAndStop("image"+frameVar);
fadeTween = new Tween(mediaData_mc.photosFadeUp_mc.photosData_mc.photoLargeLoad_mc.PhotoContainerLarge_mc,"alpha", None.easeNone,0,1,1,true);

}