Slideshow: onRelease

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I create a slideshow based on kirupa’s slideshow tutorial with a modification in xml structure, a few tweaks in actionscript and the onRelease function. I seem can’t get the current image to become an active link. Basically I’m trying to make the image/movie holder as an active link that the users can click on to go to different page. I’m xml and advanced as newbie, so I’m still grippin’ with 'em. Figure I could use some of your help/suggestion how to get the function to work right way…

xml:


<slideshow>
<image imageURL="images/tna.jpg" linkURL="http://www.espn.com" />
<image imageURL="images/donkey.jpg" linkURL="http://www.yahoo.com" />
<image imageURL="images/freak.jpg" linkURL="http://www.google.com" />
</slideshow>

actionscript:


delay = 5000;
//-----------------------
function loadXML(loaded) {
	if (loaded) {
		xmlNode = this.firstChild.childNodes;
		imageURL = [];
		linkURL = [];
		total = xmlNode.length;
		for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
			imageURL* = xmlNode*.attributes.imageURL;
			linkURL* = xmlNode*.attributes.linkURL;
		}
		firstImage();
	} else {
		trace('problem');
	}
}

xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("images.xml");
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 += 5;
		}
	}
};

function nextImage() {
	if (p<(total-1)) {
		p++;
		if (loaded == filesize) {
			picture._alpha = 0;
			picture.loadMovie(imageURL[p], 1);
			this.picture.onRelease = function () {
				getURL(this.linkURL[0]);};
			slideshow();
		}
	}
}

function prevImage() {
	if (p>0) {
		p--;
		picture._alpha = 0;
		picture.loadMovie(imageURL[p], 1);
	}
}

function firstImage() {
	if (loaded == filesize) {
		picture._alpha = 0;
		picture.loadMovie(imageURL[0], 1);
		this.picture.onRelease = function () {
			getURL(this.linkURL[0]);};
		slideshow();
	}
}

function slideshow() {
	myInterval = setInterval(pause_slideshow, delay);
	function pause_slideshow() {
		clearInterval(myInterval);
		if (p == (total-1)) {
			p = 0;
			firstImage();
		} else {
			nextImage();
		}
	}
}

Happy New Year!

Jace