# Photo Slideshow Using XML and Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-using-xml-and-flash/183563>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-using-xml-and-flash/183563 "2006-03-28T09:10:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![festa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@festa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/festa)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-using-xml-and-flash/183563/1 "2006-03-28T09:10:10Z")

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I have been playing with this tutorial to create a slideshow, however as I have been away from Flash for some time my knowlage has gone… looking at the actionscript, how do I change the speed at which each file loads? Basically the slideshow is moving too quickly. I tried changing the delay but it made no difference.

thanks 🙂

[COLOR=Red]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();

}

}

}  
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**Author:** ![chrissyb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@chrissyb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrissyb)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-using-xml-and-flash/183563/2 "2006-03-29T12:57:27Z")

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Yes - this problem is more than likely to do with having all your XML, SWF’s and images in different folders. I don’t know whether it is a 8 issue alone?

Trying putting them in the same place. If this doesn’t work come back…

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**Author:** ![chrissyb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@chrissyb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrissyb)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-slideshow-using-xml-and-flash/183563/3 "2006-03-29T17:48:18Z")

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Actually it appears to be a problem in firefox and not i.e. now. Did you have any joy?