Get images into tilelist

Question

Hey,
I am trying to make something that will have a list on the
left, and a tileList on the right. When a user clicks on a list
item, it changes the imageset lets call it, in the tileList. (eg.
list item 1 loads imageset1 into the tile list and so forth)
Now i have been having a few issues with this. First issue, I
am using arrays (i think) to hold the sets of images, then when the
list item passes the .data, the corosponding set is loaded. Well
for one...is that how i should be doing this?
Second issue, it seems that the images are being loaded in as
thumbnails or something...they are about 50% the size i would say
of the original, and thats just not on! i cant figure out why!,
eventually - i want 2 columns of images at full size (going to be
small banners)
I have just been trying to piece together bits from the help
file and such to make some hodge podge app, Im just learning!
so...it sort of works, the first two anyway - except as i said,
there somming through 50% the size
*sidenote* if any of you can tell from lookig at my code
(attached at the bottom) if i click on either the first or second
item it loads 4 images virtically, left aligned into the tileList
at about 50% size. and i can click back and forth between them and
it changed the images but keeps the size and the layout. if i click
the first or second one, then any of the others (with no code
attatched to them) then click back on the same one again (first or
second) 2 out of the 4 images go full sized, and they arrange
themselved 2x2...go figure? i think it may have soething to do with
the initCatalog being called twice? i dont know...help?
Cheers!
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute">
<mx:Model id="myCategories">
<categories>
<categories label="Zen" data="zen"/>
<categories label="Music" data="music"/>
<categories label="Black And White" data="black and
white"/>
<categories label="Flowers/Nature"
data="flowers/nature"/>
<categories label="Grunge" data="grunge"/>
<categories label="Animals" data="animals"/>
<categories label="Multicolored" data="multicolored"/>
<categories label="Water" data="water"/>
<categories label="Glitter/Sparkly"
data="glitter/sparkly"/>
<categories label="Fantasy" data="fantasy"/>
<categories label="Textured" data="textured"/>
<categories label="Fashion" data="fashion"/>
<categories label="Patterns" data="patterns"/>
<categories label="Animated" data="animated"/>
</categories>
</mx:Model>
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
[Bindable]
public var selectedItem:Object;
import mx.collections.*;
import mx.controls.Image;
private var zencatalog:ArrayCollection;
private static var zengroup:Array = [
"assets/group1/1.gif", "assets/group1/2.gif",
"assets/group1/3.gif", "assets/group1/4.gif"
private var musiccatalog:ArrayCollection;
private static var musicgroup:Array = [
"assets/group2/3.gif", "assets/group2/4.gif",
"assets/group2/2.gif", "assets/group2/1.gif"
// Initialize the HorizontalList control by setting its
dataProvider
// property to an ArrayCollection containing the items
parameter.
private function initCatalog(items:Array):void
zencatalog = new ArrayCollection(items);
musiccatalog = new ArrayCollection(items);
private function load(event:Event):void{
this.selectedItem=List(event.target).selectedItem
switch(selectedItem.data){
case 'zen':
initCatalog(zengroup)
group_List.dataProvider = zencatalog
break;
case 'music':
initCatalog(musicgroup)
group_List.dataProvider = musiccatalog
break;
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Canvas left="10" top="10" right="10" bottom="10">
<mx:Panel y="0" width="31%" height="100%"
layout="absolute" left="0" id="categoryview">
<mx:List id="source" height="100%" width="100%"
dataProvider="{myCategories.categories}" change="load(event)"/>
</mx:Panel>
<mx:Panel y="0" width="68%" height="100%"
layout="absolute" right="0" title="{group_List.selectedItem.data}"
id="catalogview">
<mx:TileList right="0" left="0" top="0" bottom="0"
itemRenderer="mx.controls.Image" id="group_List"
direction="vertical" columnCount="2"/>
</mx:Panel>
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:Application>

Answer 1

With PSE off can you select and move the images, say to another folder or print them? If you can't , it may be some other program is interferring, such as your anti-virus. But, still why would some images select and others not?  The images could be corrupt in some way.  If you could move the folder to a memory card or CD and load them into another computer, running XP or something, and see if you could select them then.
I don't know how they would behave in PSE.  I'm still trying to make sense out of the thing.  I had to read the PDF manual before I could figure out how to  move images from the Organizer to the Editor. Seems like there is too much emphasis on organization and not enough on editing.
I have found Win 7 to behave strangely, anyway.
Have you done a Google search for the problem?  There seems to be  a lot of people having trouble with PSE8
Scroll down and read the comments at  JohnB1941 at Files not saved in organizer or version set. They are talking about PSE9,  but the comments may apply to your problem.  It seems as re-naming is creating some problems with working with the images.