# Add Play / Pause to Slideshow

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-play-pause-to-slideshow/194457>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 23, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-play-pause-to-slideshow/194457 "2006-07-23T20:34:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![m\_u\_r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@m\_u\_r](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m_u_r)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/add-play-pause-to-slideshow/194457/1 "2006-07-23T20:34:31Z")

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I did the slideshow tutorial and it works fine. I actually left the previous and next buttons from the gallery tutorials. They work if I include the red code that, in the tutorial, was said not to add functionality. I want to do two things to the slideshow:

1. After I hit previous or next, the slideshow stops.

2. Add play / pause funtionality.

I found a post similar to this, but the code it said to replace was not in the code I am using.

This is the code I am using:

```auto
delay = 4000;
//-----------------------
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
description = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image* = xmlNode.childNodes*.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description* = xmlNode.childNodes*.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
firstImage();
} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("images.xml");
/////////////////////////////////////
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();
};
/////////////////////////////////////
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;
}
}
};
function nextImage() {
if (p<(total-1)) {
p++;
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
slideshow();
}
}
}
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();
slideshow();
}
}
function picture_num() {
current_pos = p+1;
pos_txt.text = current_pos+" / "+total;
}
function slideshow() {
myInterval = setInterval(pause_slideshow, delay);
function pause_slideshow() {
clearInterval(myInterval);
if (p == (total-1)) {
p = 0;
firstImage();
} else {
nextImage();
}
}
}

```