Mirroring dynamic XML content

programming flash
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Hello there,

I’m trying to make a banner with a dynamic news slider (News copy+header + picture).
For this I found this fantastic tutorial, which was exactly what I needed.
http://www.faustocarrera.com.ar/v2/automated-news-slider-with-as3/
Everything works like a charm, just until I want to dublicate f.x. the imageloader, and make a mirror effect with it.
What I thought of was just giving the flipped movieclip another instancename

function loadNews(num:int):void
{
    activeNews = num;
    //hide the buttons
    IMGloader_mc.goto_btn.enabled = false;
    prev_btn.enabled = false;
    next_btn.enabled = false;
 
    IMGloader_mc.holder_mc.addChild(imagesClips_arr[num]);
//    IMGloader2_mc.holder_mc.addChild(imagesClips_arr[num]);
 
    display_mc.title_txt.text = title_arr[num];
    display_mc.desc_txt.text = description_arr[num];
 
    IMGloader_mc.goto_btn.enabled = true;
    prev_btn.enabled = true;
    next_btn.enabled = true;
 
    IMGloader_mc.link = url_arr[num];
}

The line I have commented, is the line I have added to put the loaded picture inside of the holder_mc.
IMGloader_mc and IMGloader2_mc is exact the same movieclips - just with different instancenames.
When I do this, I actually get the image to load in IMGloader2_mc.holder_mc, but isn’t no picture in IMGloader_mc.holder_mc then!
What the ****?

I have tried to figure out several solution, but without luck… It seems that the loaded picture can only be shown ONCE

I have putted the files on my website: www.grubbe.org/flash/news_slider.zip

I truly hope, that someone is able to help me out here - I’m lost :slight_smile:

Regards,
Jacob

Code:
Frame 2:

stop();
/* arrays to hold the info */
 
var title_arr:Array = [];
var description_arr:Array = [];
var image_arr:Array = [];
var url_arr:Array = [];
var imagesClips_arr:Array = [];
 
/* load the xml */
 
var xml_url:String = "xml/flash_news.xml";
var news_data:XML = new XML();
var news_url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(xml_url);
var newsLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(news_url);
newsLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, newsLoaded);
function newsLoaded(e:Event):void
{
    news_data = XML(newsLoader.data);
    //recorrer el xml
    var allNews:XMLList = news_data.*;
    for each (var news:XML in allNews)
    {
        title_arr.push(news.title.toString());
        description_arr.push(news.description.toString());
        image_arr.push(news.image.toString());
        url_arr.push(news.url.toString());
    }
    //
    loadImages();
}
 
/* preload the images and add it to empty movieclips */
 
var count:int = 0;
 
function loadImages():void
{
    var toLoad:int = image_arr.length;
    if (count > toLoad-1)
    {
        gotoAndStop("display");
    }
    else
    {
        preloader_txt.text = "preloading image "+(count+1);
        //here load the image
        var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip;
        imagesClips_arr.push(mc);
 
        var img_url:String = "images/"+image_arr[count];
        var loader:Loader = new Loader();
        var request_url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(img_url);
 
        loader.load(request_url);
        loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeListener);
 
        function completeListener(e:Event):void
        {
            mc.addChild(loader.content);
        }
        count++;
        loadImages();
    }
}

Frame 3:

stop();
 
/* ini variables */
 
var activeNews:int = 0;
var isPlaying:Boolean = true;
var totalNews:int = title_arr.length;
 
/* timer */
 
var timer:Timer = new Timer(15000, 0);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerListener);
 
function timerListener(e:TimerEvent)
{
    if (activeNews == totalNews-1)
    {
        loadNews(0);
    }
    else
    {
        loadNews(activeNews+1);
    }
    //trace("running!!");
}
 
timer.start();
 
/* load the news */
 
function loadNews(num:int):void
{
    activeNews = num;
    //hide the buttons
    IMGloader_mc.goto_btn.enabled = false;
    prev_btn.enabled = false;
    next_btn.enabled = false;
 
    IMGloader_mc.holder_mc.addChild(imagesClips_arr[num]);
    IMGloader2_mc.holder_mc.addChild(imagesClips_arr[num]);
 
    display_mc.title_txt.text = title_arr[num];
    display_mc.desc_txt.text = description_arr[num];
 
    IMGloader_mc.goto_btn.enabled = true;
    prev_btn.enabled = true;
    next_btn.enabled = true;
 
    IMGloader_mc.link = url_arr[num];
}
 
/* next prev and pause */
 
prev_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, prevListener);
function prevListener(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    if (activeNews == 0)
    {
        loadNews(totalNews-1);
    }
    else
    {
        loadNews(activeNews-1);
    }
    timer.reset();
    timer.start();
}
 
next_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextListener);
function nextListener(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    if (activeNews == totalNews-1)
    {
        loadNews(0);
    }
    else
    {
        loadNews(activeNews+1);
    }
    timer.reset();
    timer.start();
}
 
pause_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, pauseListener);
function pauseListener(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    if (isPlaying)
    {
        isPlaying = false;
        timer.stop();
        timer.reset();
        //
        pause_btn.alpha = 0.8;
    }
    else
    {
        isPlaying = true;
        timer.start();
        //
        pause_btn.alpha = 1;
    }
}
 
/* load the first news */
 
loadNews(0);