I am new to AS 3 and am having trouble with a slideshow I have built from another tutorial. The slideshow works perfectly except that I would like it to automatically go from one picture to the other with a delay. Currently the user has to click a Next button or select the item from a drop downlist to view. Any help would greatly be appreciate.
MY CODE
import fl.data.DataProvider;
// Pull in image information from XML
var xml:XML = new XML();
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(“slideshow.xml”));
xmlLoader.addEventListener(
Event.COMPLETE,
function(evt:Event):void {
xml = XML(evt.target.data);
images.dataProvider = new DataProvider(xml);
changePicture(0);
}
);
// Keep track of current image
var currentImage:Number = 0;
// Picture changing function
function changePicture(pict:Number):void {
pb.visible = true;
partNumber.text = xml.slide[pict].@partNumber;
description.text = xml.slide[pict].@description;
price.text = xml.slide[pict].@price;
loader.load(new URLRequest(xml.slide[pict].@data));
}
// Wire up progress bar
pb.source = loader;
// Handle progress bar loading completion
pb.addEventListener(
Event.COMPLETE,
function(evt:Event):void {
pb.visible = false;
}
)
// Handle combo box changes
images.addEventListener(
Event.CHANGE,
function(evt:Event):void {
changePicture(images.selectedIndex);
}
);
// Handle button clicks
next.addEventListener(
MouseEvent.CLICK,
function(evt:MouseEvent):void {
currentImage++;
if (currentImage == xml.slide.length()) {
currentImage = 0;
}
images.selectedIndex = currentImage;
changePicture(currentImage);
}
);