# Flash/xml slideshow help

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-slideshow-help/249026
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 14, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-slideshow-help/249026 "2008-01-14T19:32:15Z")
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### Author: ![jennylov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@jennylov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jennylov)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-xml-slideshow-help/249026/1 "2008-01-14T19:32:15Z")

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Hi! I have a slideshow that plays automatically and a slideshow that is button triggered. I want to combine them so that the show plays automatically until “pause” “next” or “prev” is clicked. [SIZE=-1]Both the back and next buttons should cause the slideshow to start playing automatically again. Please help me if you can!

CODE FROM FLA FOR AUTOMATICALLY PLAYING SLIDESHOW[/SIZE]

delay = 3000; //----------------------- 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();}}; 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();}}} [SIZE=-1]CODE FROM FLA FOR BUTTON TRIGGERED SLIDESHOW  
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();  
}  
}  
}  
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();  
}  
}  
function picture\_num() {  
current\_pos = p+1;  
pos\_txt.text = current\_pos+" / "+total;  
}  
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