# Flash XML News Tab

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-news-tab/265063>\
**Category:** open source\
**Created:** [July 3, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-news-tab/265063 "2008-07-03T14:46:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![minthu](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/minthu/32/1757_2.png) [@minthu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/minthu)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-news-tab/265063/1 "2008-07-03T14:46:00Z")

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A few days ago, I have made a [flash XML news tab](http://www.flashmo.com/preview/flashmo_112_news_tab) for my website.

![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/4825/480745e9e9d7082c.jpg)

All images are loaded from a folder **only once**. It has auto play/pause button. Please check it and let me know your opinions. Hope it will be useful for you.

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**Author:** ![Beebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@Beebs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Beebs)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-news-tab/265063/2 "2008-07-08T03:26:26Z")

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Wow Minthu, as usual, great work!

Can you please explain what you said : “All images are loaded from a folder only once” - is this why there is no preloader?

Thanks minthu

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**Author:** ![minthu](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/minthu/32/1757_2.png) [@minthu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/minthu)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-news-tab/265063/3 "2008-07-10T15:00:47Z")

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Hi Beebs,

All images are loaded only once into each movie clip. So it does not load again and again into only one movie clip for rotating different images when you click on buttons or in auto play mode.

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**Author:** ![steinson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@steinson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steinson)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-news-tab/265063/4 "2008-07-13T00:57:55Z")

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minthu, the flash xml news tab is great!

i was working on it today and would like to make the images load below the play buttons and the item\_number\_group. i tried moving the fm\_pic symbol to a layer at the bottom, and couldn’t make it work. i also tried experimenting with changing the load level of this - item.fm\_pic.loadMovie.

i’m not that proficient with flash. if you can help me, i would appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![minthu](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/minthu/32/1757_2.png) [@minthu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/minthu)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-news-tab/265063/5 "2008-07-13T04:36:59Z")

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You can do this way after line no. 72.

> change\_menu\_item(0); // the default item on load  
> item\_number\_group.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());  
> fm\_auto.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());  
> For previous and next buttons, you need to change them as movieclip instances first. Also, You may need to edit this movieclip.

Then you can put…

> fm\_previous.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());  
> fm\_next.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());

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**Author:** ![ChromeDemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@ChromeDemon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChromeDemon)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-news-tab/265063/6 "2008-07-14T08:36:39Z")

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Nice one fella