Odd timing issue with slideshow and other issues

programming flash
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Alrighty, one down, one to go. My coworker and I made a command decision and simply removed the option for people to scroll through the images in the slideshow since there will only be 3-5 slides going at any given time. They can wait 20 seconds for the image they want to roll back around.

Now, on to the other issue. If I test the document inside flash it works perfectly. If i try to run the swf outside of flash then the images won’t load (even with the xml file in the same directory) and the timing is even screwier.

If I try to load it off my webhost it does not even load the images or image data and returns “undefined” in all the data fields. The live swf can be found here.

My grasp of actionscript is loose at best, but I understand most of the concepts having dabbled in java and php a bit as well. Here’s the code I’m using for the slideshow itself:

delay  = 6000; 
function loadXML(loaded) {
    if (loaded) {
        xmlNode = this.firstChild;
        image = [];
        description = [];
        link = [];
        total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
        for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
            image* = xmlNode.childNodes*.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
            description* = xmlNode.childNodes*.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
            link* = xmlNode.childNodes*.childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
        }
        firstImage();
    } else {
        content = "file not loaded!";
    }
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("image_and_link.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;
        }
    }
    picture.onRelease = function() {
        getURL(link[p], "_blank");
    };
};
function nextImage() {
    if (p<(total-1)) {
        p++;
    } else{
        p = 0;
    }
        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();
}
}
}

I will also attach the xml file used to link the image data.

Any and all help is appreciated!

-Taylor