Slide show/s :)

[OmiE]

Hello everyone that reads this. I am just a mere beginner in Flash and I'm having an issue. I have used these two tutorials to creat a slide show.

1. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...otogallery.htm

2. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20..._slideshow.htm

What if I wanted to incorporate both options? To have the slideshow but also the capability of clicking the next or previous button to go through the images however fast you want?

Can anybody please help me on this?

Code: This is the slide show scroll action script. How can I manipulate it so that I can use the previous and next buttons on the slide show and also have it slide through each image?

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delay = 3000; 
//----------------------- 
function loadXML(loaded) { 
if (loaded) { 
xmlNode = this.firstChild; 
image = []; 
description = []; 
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length; 
for (i=0; i<total; i++) { 
image[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue; 
description[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue; 
} 
firstImage(); 
} else { 
content = "file not loaded!"; 
} 
} 
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 += 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(); 
slideshow(); 
} 
} 
} 
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(); 
slideshow(); 
} 
} 
function picture_num() { 
current_pos = p+1; 
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(); 
} 
} 
}

Thanks everyone who read this and if you could help me out I would greatly appreciate it.

[Sgaspar11]

It should be pretty simple using the functions already created:

Create you Next button:

On the buttno use this code:

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on (release){
nextImage(); //this calls the function already created to make it advance to the next image.
}

Create your Previous button:

On the button use this code:

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on (release){
prevImage(); //this calls the function already created to make it advance to the previous image.
}

That should be what you are looking for.

[OmiE]

Thanks so much for the reply. I have done it but now whenever I click quickly the previous or next button the order of the slideshow goes crazy and starts going through the images really fast and it's akward. Is there anything that I can do to prevent that from happening? Thanks again.

[Sgaspar11]

Hmm ok, I may have been to hasty with the response. I think what it is doing now is restarting the slideshow over everytime you press next or previous but adding the increments of the number of pictures entered.

It might be a while before I can look at this.

But you basically just need to make the buttons advance 1 picture at a time, so find where it does that in the code and use those properties.

Cheers,

Scott

[JacobHaug]

So what the heck did you send to me? Do I still need to open it or not?