I downloaded this cool code that was written to used as a photo gallery, works really well too.
What I would like to do it is use it as an automated slide show. I’d like to add this in my time like so when it comes time to run, it just starts fading the images in and out without having to press a button. Eventually, I wanto have four of these photo objects on the screen automatically presenting a large number of images at the same time.
It know how to create buttons to make it go forward or backward but, I don’t know the code to make this run on its own without a button prompting it to go forward.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Stephen
This is the gallery code:
//Code written by sbeener (suprabeener)
/*
i wrote this code, but you can use and abuse it however you like.
the methods are defined in the order which they occur to make it
easier to understand.
*/
// variables ------------------------------------------
// put the path to your pics here, include the slashes (ie. “pics/”)
// leave it blank if they’re in the same directory
this.pathToPics = “”;
// fill this array with your pics
this.pArray = [“small8-05-1.jpg”, “small8-05-2.jpg”, “small8-05-3.jpg”, “small8-05-4.jpg”, “small8-05-5.jpg”, “small8-05-6.jpg”, “small8-05-7.jpg”, “small8-05-8.jpg”, “small8-05-9.jpg”, “small8-05-10.jpg”,“small8-05-11.jpg”,“small12-22-05-12.jpg”,“small12-22-05-13.jpg”,“small12-22-05-14.jpg”,“small12-22-05-15.jpg”,“small12-22-05-16.jpg”,“small12-22-05-17.jpg”,“small12-22-05-18.jpg”,“smallCommonEntrance-19.jpg”];
this.fadeSpeed = 50;
this.pIndex = 0;
// MovieClip methods ----------------------------------
// d=direction; should 1 or -1 but can be any number
//loads an image automatically when you run animation
loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[0], _root.photo);
MovieClip.prototype.changePhoto = function(d) {
// make sure pIndex falls within pArray.length
this.pIndex = (this.pIndex+d)%this.pArray.length;
if (this.pIndex<0) {
this.pIndex += this.pArray.length;
}
this.onEnterFrame = fadeOut;
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeOut = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha>this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha -= this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.loadPhoto();
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadPhoto = function() {
// specify the movieclip to load images into
var p = _root.photo;
//------------------------------------------
p._alpha = 0;
p.loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[this.pIndex]);
this.onEnterFrame = loadMeter;
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadMeter = function() {
var i, l, t;
l = this.photo.getBytesLoaded();
t = this.photo.getBytesTotal();
if (t>0 && t == l) {
this.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
} else {
trace(l/t);
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeIn = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha<100-this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha += this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.photo._alpha = 100;
this.onEnterFrame = null;
}
};
// Actions -----------------------------------------
// these aren’t necessary, just an example implementation
this.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
this.changePhoto(-1);
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
this.changePhoto(1);
}
};
Key.addListener(this);
