# Using an XML /FlashMXPro2k4 to access an array
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-an-xml-flashmxpro2k4-to-access-an-array/63755
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 9, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-an-xml-flashmxpro2k4-to-access-an-array/63755 "2004-09-09T19:00:24Z")
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### Author:  [@dwilder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dwilder)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-an-xml-flashmxpro2k4-to-access-an-array/63755/1 "2004-09-09T19:00:24Z")
Could someone please explain how to use an XML file and an image array and FlashMXPro2004 to run a slideshow/presentation that uses no buttons but simply starts playing when the user accesses the page? There are 14 images and they just loop.
Thanks for your help
dwilder
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-an-xml-flashmxpro2k4-to-access-an-array/63755/2 "2004-09-09T19:03:09Z")
addendum to my above post—I have a file that works using code from Macromedia called something like xml/jpg slideshow. It uses a next and previous button.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-an-xml-flashmxpro2k4-to-access-an-array/63755/3 "2004-09-10T05:36:57Z")
Hi
Just check out this Link.
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg\_slideshow\_xml/](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/)
I hope this will clear your doubts…
ashish
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-an-xml-flashmxpro2k4-to-access-an-array/63755/4 "2004-09-10T12:39:27Z")
> [@ashishchandras](#):
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> Hi
>
> Just check out this Link.
>
> [http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg\_slideshow\_xml/](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/)
>
> I hope this will clear your doubts…
>
> ashish
Thanks for answering—Actually, that’s the file I started with—my problem is it is based on a “next/prev” action to advance the slides and what I need to do is show the slides in an automatic loop that just displays one side after another and I don’t know how to tell the XML to do that. Naturally it’s probably really obvious and I’m looking in the wrong place.
d.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-an-xml-flashmxpro2k4-to-access-an-array/63755/5 "2004-09-10T12:58:35Z")
> [@dwilder](#):
>
> Thanks for answering—Actually, that’s the file I started with—my problem is it is based on a “next/prev” action to advance the slides and what I need to do is show the slides in an automatic loop that just displays one side after another and I don’t know how to tell the XML to do that. Naturally it’s probably really obvious and I’m looking in the wrong place.
> d.
Hi,
I got ur problem. There is something called as setInterval. You can use that which calls a partiular function where u can increment the values one by one without depending on any event.
Just put this code into a new movie and check…how it works…
var nextImg = 1; // index value
setInterval( function(){ trace(“interval called” + nextImg); nextImg++; }, 2000 );
you can increment or decrement interval by changing milliseconds (here its 2000)
Cheers
aShIsH
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-an-xml-flashmxpro2k4-to-access-an-array/63755/6 "2004-09-16T00:58:26Z")
Thanx—I’ll try that–I’ve been using “onLoad” to no avail