The above example seems to use some heavy javascripting to make the slideshow, but I was wondering if there was a way to create the same thing in Flash using actionscript, where flash would draw from a certain directory or filename to locate the images used.
Is this possible? And if so, could someone point me in the right direction?
I think an xml slideshow would be what you're looking for, easily updatable too. Kirupa.com has some tutorials on it. Here is a link with results from a search on their site.