# Fade in images with XML slideshow
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-images-with-xml-slideshow/117824
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**Created:** [July 30, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-images-with-xml-slideshow/117824 "2004-07-30T17:13:56Z")
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### Author:  [@curtisstage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/curtisstage)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-images-with-xml-slideshow/117824/1 "2004-07-30T17:13:56Z")
does anyone know the script to fade in each image and possibly put a preloader as well? for this slideshow
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg\_slideshow\_xml/index.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/index.html)
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### Author:  [@Inflicted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Inflicted)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-images-with-xml-slideshow/117824/2 "2004-07-30T17:21:10Z")
Welcom to kirupa!
There’s another sample file in the “samples” folder in Flash
called load\_images.fla that has fade in.
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### Author:  [@curtisstage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/curtisstage)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-images-with-xml-slideshow/117824/3 "2004-07-30T18:42:17Z")
hey inflicted, thanks for the response- old to kirupa-new to forum-thanks
I need to put the fade into this XML script on the buttons- I couldn’t figure out how to apply the “load\_images” script-- it kind of flickered my 1st image after fading
here is the actual script:
images\_xml = new XML();
images\_xml.onLoad = startImageViewer;
images\_xml.load(“xml/images.xml”);
images\_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
//
// Show the first image and intialize variables
function startImageViewer(success) {
if (success == true) {
rootNode = images\_xml.firstChild;
// ‘totalImages’ is the variable name set to correspond with the the dynamic text instance of 'totalImages’
totalImages = rootNode.childNodes.length;
// [totalImages = rootNode.childNodes.length;] gets the total number of childNodes (total number of image and text files) in your .xml document
firstImageNode = rootNode.firstChild;
currentImageNode = firstImageNode;
// ‘currentIndex’ is the variable name set to correspond with the dynamic text instance of 'currentIndex’
currentIndex = 1;
// [currentIndex = 1;] sets the viewer to play the first childNode (first image and text file) in your .xml document
updateImage(firstImageNode);
}
}
//
// Updates the current image with new image and text
function updateImage(newImageNode) {
// ‘imagePath’ is the variable name set to correspond with the .jpeg file name located in your .xml document
imagePath = newImageNode.attributes.jpegURL;
// ‘imageText’ is the variable name for the instance 'textArea’
imageText = newImageNode.firstChild.nodeValue;
// ‘targetClip’ is the instance name for the movie clip ‘imageArea’, this is where all your image files from your .xml document are loaded
targetClip.loadMovie(imagePath);
};
next\_btn.onRelease = function() {
nextImageNode = currentImageNode.nextSibling;
if (nextImageNode == null) {
break;
} else {
currentIndex++;
updateImage(nextImageNode);
currentImageNode = nextImageNode;
}
};
//
// Event handler for ‘Previous image’ button
back\_btn.onRelease = function() {
previousImageNode = currentImageNode.previousSibling;
if (previousImageNode == null) {
break;
} else {
currentIndex–;
currentImageNode = previousImageNode;
updateImage(previousImageNode);
}
};
i really appreciate any suggestions
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### Author:  [@Inflicted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Inflicted)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-images-with-xml-slideshow/117824/4 "2004-08-01T15:51:47Z")
Fixed it:
[slideshow](http://hlm-adh-9d2e.adsl.wanadoo.nl/~Inflicted/slideshow.fla.zip)
hope it’s what you want.
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### Author:  [@curtisstage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/curtisstage)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fade-in-images-with-xml-slideshow/117824/5 "2004-08-02T17:09:44Z")
that is it exactly- thanks so much