# Small change to the SlideShow Tutorial fading in dynamic text

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**Created:** [November 13, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/small-change-to-the-slideshow-tutorial-fading-in-dynamic-text/275430 "2008-11-13T19:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![tezz2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tezz2000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tezz2000)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/small-change-to-the-slideshow-tutorial-fading-in-dynamic-text/275430/1 "2008-11-13T19:29:54Z")

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Hello Everyone,  
I am trying to add a small peice of functionality to the SlideShow Tutorial. I have the etxt rendering fine buy I need the same alpha transition on \_root.dytext.desc\_txt that is on picture.or simply I need the text from the XML array to fade in and out. Here is the code I am using, Any help would be great!  
delay = 5000;  
//-----------------------  
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 += 0;  
}

}  
};  
function nextImage() {  
if (p\<(total-1)) {  
p++;  
if (loaded == filesize) {  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);  
\_root.dytext.desc\_txt.text = description[p];  
picture\_num();  
slideshow();  
}  
}  
}  
function prevImage() {  
if (p\>0) {  
p–;  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);  
\_root.dytext.desc\_txt.text = description[p];  
picture\_num();  
}  
}  
function firstImage() {  
if (loaded == filesize) {  
picture.\_alpha = 0;  
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);  
\_root.dytext.desc\_txt.text = description[0];  
picture\_num();  
slideshow();  
}  
}  
function picture\_num() {  
current\_pos = p+1;  
\_root.numb.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();  
}  
}  
}