# Undefined Error?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/undefined-error/271447>\
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**Created:** [September 23, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/undefined-error/271447 "2008-09-23T08:48:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![adeturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@adeturner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adeturner)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/undefined-error/271447/1 "2008-09-23T08:48:16Z")

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Hi, I am a bit of a newbie when it comes to flash(but learning fast). I have an issue with the code below. This has been constructed from 2 tutorials I have found… 1 to load xml and the other to do a simple slideshow. If I seperate the xml bit and the slide show bits they work fine. If I put them together it does not work. It seems to says that the XML is undefined. It doesnt go into the loop that puts the data in the array(I have debugged that much). Any help would be appreciated… Very frustrating… I’m sure it’s something stupid I’m doing.

var picArray:Array = new Array(); //array to hold the image and all of its attributes  
var thisNode:XMLNode = new XMLNode();  
var imageXML:XML = new XML();  
imageXML.ignoreWhite = true;  
imageXML.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {  
for(var i:Number = 0;i\<imageXML.firstChild.childNodes.length;i++) {  
thisNode = imageXML.firstChild.childNodes\*;  
picArray.push([thisNode.attributes.img,thisNode.attributes.Caption,thisNode.attributes.link]);  
}  
//When the xml is completely loaded,  
//delete the xml (since its now contained in picArray)  
//and continue to the slideshow  
delete imageXML;  
}  
imageXML.load(“pg7.xml”);

this.fadeSpeed = 20;  
this.pIndex = 0;  
// MovieClip methods ----------------------------------  
// d=direction; should 1 or -1 but can be any number  
//loads first image automatically  
loadMovie(picArray[0][0],\_root.photo);  
MovieClip.prototype.changePhoto = function(d) {  
// make sure pIndex falls within picArray.length  
this.pIndex = (this.pIndex+d)%picArray.length;  
if (this.pIndex\<0) {  
this.pIndex +=picArray.length;  
}  
this.onEnterFrame = fadeOut;  
};  
MovieClip.prototype.fadeOut = function() {  
if (this.photo.\_alpha\>this.fadeSpeed) {  
this.photo.\_alpha -= this.fadeSpeed;  
} else {  
this.loadPhoto();  
}  
};  
MovieClip.prototype.loadPhoto = function() {  
// specify the movieclip to load images into  
var p = \_root.photo;  
//------------------------------------------  
p.\_alpha = 0;  
p.loadMovie(picArray[this.pIndex][0]);  
this.onEnterFrame = loadMeter;  
};  
MovieClip.prototype.loadMeter = function() {  
var i, l, t;  
l = this.photo.getBytesLoaded();  
t = this.photo.getBytesTotal();  
if (t\>0 && t == l) {  
this.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;  
} else {  
//trace(l/t);  
}  
};  
MovieClip.prototype.fadeIn = function() {  
if (this.photo.\_alpha\<100-this.fadeSpeed) {  
this.photo.\_alpha += this.fadeSpeed;  
} else {  
this.photo.\_alpha = 100;  
this.onEnterFrame = null;  
}  
};

I have attached the fla.

Thanks

Adrian