# Slideshow in another movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-in-another-movie/125507>\
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**Created:** [October 14, 2004, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-in-another-movie/125507 "2004-10-14T09:57:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![wosket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@wosket](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wosket)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slideshow-in-another-movie/125507/1 "2004-10-14T09:57:58Z")

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hi guys, great site, i’ve learnt a lot on here but now im stuck :h:

ive made a slideshow (with help from the tutorials on this site). the slideshow works fine on its own, but when i place it in another flash movie (in this case, the main site movie) it will not work. i gather the code needs changing but im not sure where, why or how? i’ve only recently been using flash and think there is a parent/child movie relationship which isnt working

this is the code from the 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(“bslides.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;  
}

all and any help appreciated fellas!

cheers

john