If there is no url found doing something else

Hey,

I'm working on this project which loads texts and images from xml,
the texts and images are loaded in and then put in arrays.

But when I don't put an url in the xml it will say url not found and just display nothing, so this is what I'm trying to get, A way to like if it can't find one of the urls to just skip it and move the text loaded over that spot. But I just can't seem to get it right, I'm sort of a beginner so srry if this is a stupid question I just can't find how to fix this and can't find any good fix for it so I hope you guys know something.

Greetings, Roger

both Loader and URLLoader dispatch events when there's an error like that - you can assign handlers to do stuff when those events are fired.

post the code you're using now.

It probably looks noobish since I used a tut and extended it alot.

So in my xml I have about 8 urls listed, it gets loaded into flash, stored in an array and played one by one, but since I wanna leave one away, I have work around that , thanks for your help already, this is the full script

PHP Code:

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import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import flash.sampler.NewObjectSample;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.OverflowPolicy;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;

stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE; //preventing to stretch when embedded

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we make a var for everything we are gonna import from the xml etc.
//=====================================================================================================
var my_speed:Number; // the var where our transition speed will be put in
var my_total:Number; // the var where the amount of images will be put in
var my_images:XMLList; // the var where our image settings will be stored

var my_loaders_array:Array = []; // Array where all images are stored
var my_labels_array:Array = []; // Array where all Texts are stored
var my_authors_array:Array = []; // Array where we will store our authors

// Arrays where all the width/height, x and y values are gonna be stored
var my_textWidth_array:Array = [];
var my_textHeight_array:Array = [];
var my_textX_array:Array = [];
var my_textY_array:Array = [];
//========
var my_imgWidth_array:Array = [];
var my_imgHeight_array:Array = [];
var my_imgX_array:Array = [];
var my_imgY_array:Array = [];
// End of the arrays with values

var my_success_counter:Number = 0; // counter to check if everything is loaded
var my_playback_counter:Number = 0; // counter to go to the next message

var my_slideshow:Sprite = new Sprite(); // container for our total slideshow
var my_image_slides:Sprite = new Sprite(); // container for our images
var my_label_slides:Sprite = new Sprite(); // container for our texts
var my_author_slides:Sprite = new Sprite(); // container for our authors

var my_preloader:TextField; // here we add a preloader

var my_timer:Timer; // making a timer
var my_prev_tween:Tween; // tween for removing our previous message
var my_tweens_array:Array = []; // making an array to store our tweens





//=====================================================================================================
//Here we import the xml file and make it process
//=====================================================================================================

var my_xml_loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
my_xml_loader.load(new URLRequest("slideshow.xml"));
my_xml_loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);

//=====================================================================================================
//Here the speed, image url's and the number of images are imported from the xml
//=====================================================================================================

function processXML (e:Event):void
{
    
    var my_xml:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
    my_speed=my_xml.@SPEED; // Getting our transition speed in seconds from the xml

    my_images=my_xml.IMAGE; // Importing the slides
    my_total=my_images.length(); // counting the number of slides
    
    loadImages();
    
    my_xml_loader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML); 
    my_xml_loader = null;
    

    
}

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we simply load the images and text's
//=====================================================================================================

function loadImages():void
{
    
    for (var i:Number = 0; i < my_total; i++)
    { 
    
        var my_format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();    
        my_format.size = my_images[i].@FONTSIZE;
        my_format.color = my_images[i].@COLOR;
    
        var my_Aformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
        my_Aformat.size = my_images[i].@AUTHORSIZE;
        my_Aformat.color = my_images[i].@AUTHORCOLOR;
        
        //adding our fonts from the library to actionscript
        var F1 = new Font1();
        var F2 = new Font2();
        var F3 = new Font3();
        var F4 = new Font4();
        var F5 = new Font5();
        var F6 = new Font6();
        var F7 = new Font7();
        var F8 = new Font8();
        var F9 = new Font9();
        var F10 = new Font10();
        var F11 = new Font11();
        
        
        if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Impact")
            {
                my_format.font = F1.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Times New Roman")
            {
                my_format.font = F2.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Verdana")
            {
                my_format.font = F3.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Brush Script MT")
            {
                my_format.font = F4.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Georgia")
            {
                my_format.font = F5.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Arial")
            {
                my_format.font = F6.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Trebuchet MS")
            {
                my_format.font = F7.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Webdings")
            {
                my_format.font = F8.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Andale Mono")
            {
                my_format.font = F9.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Arial Black")
            {
                my_format.font = F10.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY == "Comic Sans MS")
            {
                my_format.font = F11.fontName;
            }
            // author fontfamily's
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Impact")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F1.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Times New Roman")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F2.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Verdana")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F3.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Brush Script MT")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F4.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Georgia")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F5.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Arial")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F6.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Trebuchet MS")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F7.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Webdings")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F8.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Andale Mono")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F9.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Arial Black")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F10.fontName;
            }
            if(my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT == "Comic Sans MS")
            {
                my_Aformat.font = F11.fontName;
            }
    
        var my_url:String = my_images[i].@URL;
        var my_loader:Loader = new Loader();
        my_loader.load(new URLRequest(my_url));
        my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
        my_loaders_array.push(my_loader);
        
        var my_txtWidth:Number
        my_txtWidth = my_images[i].@txtW;
                
        var my_label:TextField = new TextField();
        my_label.defaultTextFormat = my_format;
        my_label.text = my_images[i].@TITLE;
        my_labels_array.push(my_label);

    
        
        var my_author:TextField = new TextField();
        my_author.defaultTextFormat = my_Aformat;
        my_author.text = my_images[i].@AUTHOR;
        my_authors_array.push(my_author);
        
        // Pushing the text width/height, x and y into our arrays
        var my_textWidth:Number = new Number();
        my_textWidth = my_images[i].@txtW;
        my_textWidth_array.push(my_textWidth);
        var my_textHeight:Number = new Number();
        my_textHeight = my_images[i].@txtH;
        my_textHeight_array.push(my_textHeight);
        var my_textX:Number = new Number();
        my_textX = my_images[i].@txtX;
        my_textX_array.push(my_textX);
        var my_textY:Number = new Number();
        my_textY = my_images[i].@txtY;
        my_textY_array.push(my_textY);
        
        // Pushing the img width/height, x and y into our arrays
        var my_imgWidth:Number = new Number();
        my_imgWidth = my_images[i].@imgW;
        my_imgWidth_array.push(my_imgWidth);
        var my_imgHeight:Number = new Number();
        my_imgHeight = my_images[i].@imgH;
        my_imgHeight_array.push(my_imgHeight);
        var my_imgX:Number = new Number();
        my_imgX = my_images[i].@imgX;
        my_imgX_array.push(my_imgX);
        var my_imgY:Number = new Number();
        my_imgY = my_images[i].@imgY;
        my_imgY_array.push(my_imgY);
        
    }
    
    my_preloader = new TextField();
    my_preloader.text="Loading";
    my_preloader.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;
    my_preloader.x = (stage.stageWidth - my_preloader.width)/2;
    my_preloader.y = (stage.stageHeight - my_preloader.height)/2;
    addChild(my_preloader);

}


function onComplete(e:Event):void
{
    my_success_counter++;
    if (my_success_counter == my_total)
    {
        startShow();
    }
    
    var my_loaderInfo:LoaderInfo = LoaderInfo(e.target); 
    my_loaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
}

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we add everything to the stage and specify our timer
//=====================================================================================================

function startShow():void
{
    
    removeChild(my_preloader);
    my_preloader = null;
    
    addChild(my_slideshow);
    my_slideshow.addChild(my_image_slides);
    my_slideshow.addChild(my_label_slides);
    my_slideshow.addChild(my_author_slides);
    
    nextImage();
    
    my_timer = new Timer(my_speed*1000);
    my_timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerListener); 
    my_timer.start();
    
}

//=====================================================================================================
//All our settings for the next image are set here
//=====================================================================================================

function nextImage():void
{

    var my_image:Loader = Loader(my_loaders_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgWidth:Number = Number(my_imgWidth_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgHeight:Number = Number(my_imgHeight_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgX:Number = Number(my_imgX_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgY:Number = Number(my_imgY_array[my_playback_counter]);
    my_image_slides.addChild(my_image); 
    
    my_image.x = my_imgX;
    my_image.y = my_imgY;
    my_image.width = my_imgWidth;
    my_image.height = my_imgHeight;
    
    my_tweens_array[0] = new Tween(my_image,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,1,4,true);
    
    var my_label:TextField = TextField(my_labels_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textWidth:Number = Number(my_textWidth_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textHeight:Number = Number(my_textHeight_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textX:Number = Number(my_textX_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textY:Number = Number(my_textY_array[my_playback_counter]);
    my_label_slides.addChild(my_label);
    my_label.wordWrap = true;
    my_label.width = my_textWidth;
    my_label.height = my_textHeight;
    my_label.x = my_textX;
    my_label.y = my_textY;
    
    
    my_tweens_array[1] = new Tween(my_label,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,1,4,true);
    
    var my_author:TextField = TextField(my_authors_array[my_playback_counter]);
    my_author_slides.addChild(my_author);
    my_author.wordWrap = true;
    my_author.x = my_textX;
    my_author.y = (my_textY + my_textHeight + 10);
    my_author.width = my_textWidth;

    
    my_tweens_array[2] = new Tween (my_author,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,1,4,true);
    
    
    
    
}

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we make a timer to make our images change after a specified time
//=====================================================================================================

function timerListener (e:TimerEvent):void
{
    
    hidePrev();
    
    my_playback_counter++;
    
    if (my_playback_counter == my_total)
    {
        my_playback_counter =0;
    }
        
    nextImage();

}

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we hide the previous message
//=====================================================================================================

function hidePrev():void
{

    var my_image:Loader=Loader(my_image_slides.getChildAt(0)); 
    my_prev_tween = new Tween(my_image,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true);
    my_prev_tween.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, onFadeOut)
    
    var my_label:TextField=TextField(my_label_slides.getChildAt(0)); 
    my_tweens_array[3] = new Tween(my_label,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true); 
    
    var my_author:TextField=TextField(my_author_slides.getChildAt(0));
    new Tween(my_author,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true);

}

function onFadeOut(e:TweenEvent):void
{
    
    my_image_slides.removeChildAt(0);
    my_label_slides.removeChildAt(0);
    my_author_slides.removeChildAt(0);

} 


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so you're basically just worried about images, right? if an image isn't found, then skip that step entirely? no textfields or anything, just continue processing as if that node didn't exist... correct?

Yeah but next each image is a textfield and I want that to move to cover the area where the image should be, which would be no problem If this is fixed with a event listener i guess.

you could so something like this:

PHP Code:

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my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, missingImage, false, 0, true);
//  later...
private function missingImage(event:IOErrorEvent):void{
  // do whatever...
} 


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that'd be right around where you're assigning the complete listener to my_loader in your loop.

also, just some advice - you don't need to re-instance those fonts during each iteration - i'd take the font instantiation out of the loop... also, you could break down that @FONTFAMILY / @AUTHORFONT if stack to a switch statement, or better yet a map... e.g.,

PHP Code:

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// outside the loop
var fontMap:Object = {
    "Imact" : F1.fontName,
    "Times New Roman" : F2.fontName,
    ... etc
}

// in the loop
my_format.font = fontMap[my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY];
my_Aformat.font = fontMap[my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT]; 


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wow thanks Am gonna try that and I'll update you with the results!

I can't seem to find a place for the loader code to work any suggestions? srry for the beginner questions >_<

Edit:
The font thing worked great thanks!

put the my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener on the line before or after the existing line of the same...

PHP Code:

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var my_url:String = my_images[i].@URL; 
var my_loader:Loader = new Loader(); 
my_loader.load(new URLRequest(my_url)); 
my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, missingImage, false, 0, true);
my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete); 
my_loaders_array.push(my_loader); 


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then put the function (missingImage) with the other private/public functions.

srry but I don't have any other private/public functions and if I use yours with the private in front of it it gives me an error:
Scene 1, Layer 'actionscript', Frame 1, Line 192 1013: The private attribute may be used only on class property definitions.

I have tried to put it this way now:
function missingImage(e:IOErrorEvent):void
{
my_textX_array[my_playback_counter].x -150;
}

just above the onComplete function.

Edit:
I have just checked for private/public functions, but I'm not using a package, should I or can I just keep it like this and not use them?

if you're not using classes, you don't need private/public - what you have for the missingImage function is fine.

but - something else is going to give you a problem. that event is going to fire after some time has passed - just like the COMPLETE event fires after everything else in that loop happens - which will be after all the other code executes. so my_playback_counter is going to be the very last value it was set at, for each error event that fires. you need to find a way to match the erroring instance to the textfield you want to move.

wow and this is quite complicated right? I just can't find a way to make it move that textfield that is on the same slide as the no url image, sorry to be such a hardass but I've been working on this for a few hours already and I can't get it clear.

i obviously don't have the rest of your package, so i can't test this, but in theory it should work. the changes i made are marked with a comment starting like so:

PHP Code:

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// *FK* whatever... 


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i also changed the font thing...

PHP Code:

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import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import flash.sampler.NewObjectSample;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.OverflowPolicy;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;

stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;//preventing to stretch when embedded 

//===================================================================================================== 
//Here we make a var for everything we are gonna import from the xml etc. 
//===================================================================================================== 
var my_speed:Number;// the var where our transition speed will be put in 
var my_total:Number;// the var where the amount of images will be put in 
var my_images:XMLList;// the var where our image settings will be stored 

var my_loaders_array:Array = [];// Array where all images are stored 
var my_labels_array:Array = [];// Array where all Texts are stored 
var my_authors_array:Array = [];// Array where we will store our authors 

// Arrays where all the width/height, x and y values are gonna be stored 
var my_textWidth_array:Array = [];
var my_textHeight_array:Array = [];
var my_textX_array:Array = [];
var my_textY_array:Array = [];
//======== 
var my_imgWidth_array:Array = [];
var my_imgHeight_array:Array = [];
var my_imgX_array:Array = [];
var my_imgY_array:Array = [];
// End of the arrays with values 

var my_success_counter:Number = 0;// counter to check if everything is loaded 
var my_playback_counter:Number = 0;// counter to go to the next message 

var my_slideshow:Sprite = new Sprite();// container for our total slideshow 
var my_image_slides:Sprite = new Sprite();// container for our images 
var my_label_slides:Sprite = new Sprite();// container for our texts 
var my_author_slides:Sprite = new Sprite();// container for our authors 

var my_preloader:TextField;// here we add a preloader 

var my_timer:Timer;// making a timer 
var my_prev_tween:Tween;// tween for removing our previous message 
var my_tweens_array:Array = [];// making an array to store our tweens 

var my_loaderinfo_array:Array = [];  // *FK* hold loader info objects to match up...



//===================================================================================================== 
//Here we import the xml file and make it process 
//===================================================================================================== 

var my_xml_loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
my_xml_loader.load(new URLRequest("slideshow.xml"));
my_xml_loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);

//===================================================================================================== 
//Here the speed, image url's and the number of images are imported from the xml 
//===================================================================================================== 

function processXML(e:Event):void {

    var my_xml:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
    my_speed=my_xml.@SPEED;// Getting our transition speed in seconds from the xml 

    my_images=my_xml.IMAGE;// Importing the slides 
    my_total=my_images.length();// counting the number of slides 
    loadImages();

    my_xml_loader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
    my_xml_loader = null;



}

//===================================================================================================== 
//Here we simply load the images and text's 
//===================================================================================================== 

var F1 = new Font1();
var F2 = new Font2();
var F3 = new Font3();
var F4 = new Font4();
var F5 = new Font5();
var F6 = new Font6();
var F7 = new Font7();
var F8 = new Font8();
var F9 = new Font9();
var F10 = new Font10();
var F11 = new Font11();
        
var fontMap:Object = {
    "Impact" : F1.fontName, 
    "Times New Roman" : F2.fontName, 
    "Verdana" : F3.fontName, 
    "Brush Script MT" : F4.fontName, 
    "Georgia" : F5.fontName, 
    "Arial" : F6.fontName, 
    "Trebuchet MS" : F7.fontName, 
    "Webdings" : F8.fontName, 
    "Andale Mono" : F9.fontName, 
    "Arial Black" : F10.fontName, 
    "Comic Sans MS" : F11.fontName
};

function loadImages():void {

    for (var i:Number = 0; i < my_total; i++) {

        var my_format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
        my_format.size = my_images[i].@FONTSIZE;
        my_format.color = my_images[i].@COLOR;
        my_format.font = fontMap[my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY];

        var my_Aformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
        my_Aformat.size = my_images[i].@AUTHORSIZE;
        my_Aformat.color = my_images[i].@AUTHORCOLOR;
        my_Aformat.font = fontMap[my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT];
        
        var my_url:String = my_images[i].@URL;
        var my_loader:Loader = new Loader();
        my_loader.load(new URLRequest(my_url));
        my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, missingImage, false, 0, true); // *FK*
        my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
        my_loaders_array.push(my_loader);
        my_loaderinfor_array.push(my_loader.contentLoaderInfo); // *FK*

        var my_txtWidth:Number;
        my_txtWidth = my_images[i].@txtW;

        var my_label:TextField = new TextField();
        my_label.defaultTextFormat = my_format;
        my_label.text = my_images[i].@TITLE;
        my_labels_array.push(my_label);



        var my_author:TextField = new TextField();
        my_author.defaultTextFormat = my_Aformat;
        my_author.text = my_images[i].@AUTHOR;
        my_authors_array.push(my_author);

        // Pushing the text width/height, x and y into our arrays 
        var my_textWidth:Number = new Number();
        my_textWidth = my_images[i].@txtW;
        my_textWidth_array.push(my_textWidth);
        var my_textHeight:Number = new Number();
        my_textHeight = my_images[i].@txtH;
        my_textHeight_array.push(my_textHeight);
        var my_textX:Number = new Number();
        my_textX = my_images[i].@txtX;
        my_textX_array.push(my_textX);
        var my_textY:Number = new Number();
        my_textY = my_images[i].@txtY;
        my_textY_array.push(my_textY);

        // Pushing the img width/height, x and y into our arrays 
        var my_imgWidth:Number = new Number();
        my_imgWidth = my_images[i].@imgW;
        my_imgWidth_array.push(my_imgWidth);
        var my_imgHeight:Number = new Number();
        my_imgHeight = my_images[i].@imgH;
        my_imgHeight_array.push(my_imgHeight);
        var my_imgX:Number = new Number();
        my_imgX = my_images[i].@imgX;
        my_imgX_array.push(my_imgX);
        var my_imgY:Number = new Number();
        my_imgY = my_images[i].@imgY;
        my_imgY_array.push(my_imgY);

    }
    my_preloader = new TextField();
    my_preloader.text="Loading";
    my_preloader.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;
    my_preloader.x = (stage.stageWidth - my_preloader.width)/2;
    my_preloader.y = (stage.stageHeight - my_preloader.height)/2;
    addChild(my_preloader);

}

function missingImage(event:IOErrorEvent):void{ // *FK*
    var ref:LoaderInfo = event.currentTargt as LoaderInfo;
    var position:uint = my_loaderinfo_array.indexOf(ref);
    my_textX_array[position].x -= 150; // *FK*  - i assume you want it 150 less, so '-='.  if that's wrong and you want it to be 150, use '=' not '-='
}

function onComplete(e:Event):void {
    my_success_counter++;
    if (my_success_counter == my_total) {
        startShow();
    }
    var my_loaderInfo:LoaderInfo = LoaderInfo(e.target);
    my_loaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
}

//===================================================================================================== 
//Here we add everything to the stage and specify our timer 
//===================================================================================================== 

function startShow():void {

    removeChild(my_preloader);
    my_preloader = null;

    addChild(my_slideshow);
    my_slideshow.addChild(my_image_slides);
    my_slideshow.addChild(my_label_slides);
    my_slideshow.addChild(my_author_slides);

    nextImage();

    my_timer = new Timer(my_speed*1000);
    my_timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerListener);
    my_timer.start();

}

//===================================================================================================== 
//All our settings for the next image are set here 
//===================================================================================================== 

function nextImage():void {

    var my_image:Loader = Loader(my_loaders_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgWidth:Number = Number(my_imgWidth_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgHeight:Number = Number(my_imgHeight_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgX:Number = Number(my_imgX_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgY:Number = Number(my_imgY_array[my_playback_counter]);
    my_image_slides.addChild(my_image);

    my_image.x = my_imgX;
    my_image.y = my_imgY;
    my_image.width = my_imgWidth;
    my_image.height = my_imgHeight;

    my_tweens_array[0] = new Tween(my_image,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,1,4,true);

    var my_label:TextField = TextField(my_labels_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textWidth:Number = Number(my_textWidth_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textHeight:Number = Number(my_textHeight_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textX:Number = Number(my_textX_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textY:Number = Number(my_textY_array[my_playback_counter]);
    my_label_slides.addChild(my_label);
    my_label.wordWrap = true;
    my_label.width = my_textWidth;
    my_label.height = my_textHeight;
    my_label.x = my_textX;
    my_label.y = my_textY;


    my_tweens_array[1] = new Tween(my_label,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,1,4,true);

    var my_author:TextField = TextField(my_authors_array[my_playback_counter]);
    my_author_slides.addChild(my_author);
    my_author.wordWrap = true;
    my_author.x = my_textX;
    my_author.y = (my_textY + my_textHeight + 10);
    my_author.width = my_textWidth;


    my_tweens_array[2] = new Tween (my_author,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,1,4,true);




}

//===================================================================================================== 
//Here we make a timer to make our images change after a specified time 
//===================================================================================================== 

function timerListener(e:TimerEvent):void {

    hidePrev();

    my_playback_counter++;

    if (my_playback_counter == my_total) {
        my_playback_counter =0;
    }
    nextImage();

}

//===================================================================================================== 
//Here we hide the previous message 
//===================================================================================================== 

function hidePrev():void {

    var my_image:Loader=Loader(my_image_slides.getChildAt(0));
    my_prev_tween = new Tween(my_image,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true);
    my_prev_tween.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, onFadeOut);
    var my_label:TextField=TextField(my_label_slides.getChildAt(0));
    my_tweens_array[3] = new Tween(my_label,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true);

    var my_author:TextField=TextField(my_author_slides.getChildAt(0));
    new Tween(my_author,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true);

}

function onFadeOut(e:TweenEvent):void {

    my_image_slides.removeChildAt(0);
    my_label_slides.removeChildAt(0);
    my_author_slides.removeChildAt(0);

} 


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I had changed the font thing already to your advice but thanks,

now I have added your things but its telling me that it can't find a property x at Number and there is no standart value < badly translated its a error message but is in dutch :/
ReferenceError: Error #1069

well this is my code now, once again thanks for all your effort

PHP Code:

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import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
import flash.sampler.NewObjectSample;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.OverflowPolicy;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;

stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE; //preventing to stretch when embedded

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we make a var for everything we are gonna import from the xml etc.
//=====================================================================================================
var my_speed:Number; // the var where our transition speed will be put in
var my_total:Number; // the var where the amount of images will be put in
var my_images:XMLList; // the var where our image settings will be stored

var my_loaders_array:Array = []; // Array where all images are stored
var my_labels_array:Array = []; // Array where all Texts are stored
var my_authors_array:Array = []; // Array where we will store our authors

// Arrays where all the width/height, x and y values are gonna be stored
var my_textWidth_array:Array = [];
var my_textHeight_array:Array = [];
var my_textX_array:Array = [];
var my_textY_array:Array = [];
//========
var my_imgWidth_array:Array = [];
var my_imgHeight_array:Array = [];
var my_imgX_array:Array = [];
var my_imgY_array:Array = [];
// End of the arrays with values

var my_success_counter:Number = 0; // counter to check if everything is loaded
var my_playback_counter:Number = 0; // counter to go to the next message

var my_slideshow:Sprite = new Sprite(); // container for our total slideshow
var my_image_slides:Sprite = new Sprite(); // container for our images
var my_label_slides:Sprite = new Sprite(); // container for our texts
var my_author_slides:Sprite = new Sprite(); // container for our authors

var my_preloader:TextField; // here we add a preloader

var my_timer:Timer; // making a timer
var my_prev_tween:Tween; // tween for removing our previous message
var my_tweens_array:Array = []; // making an array to store our tweens

var my_loaderinfo_array:Array = [];  // *FK* hold loader info objects to match up...


//adding our fonts from the library to actionscript
        var F1 = new Font1();
        var F2 = new Font2();
        var F3 = new Font3();
        var F4 = new Font4();
        var F5 = new Font5();
        var F6 = new Font6();
        var F7 = new Font7();
        var F8 = new Font8();
        var F9 = new Font9();
        var F10 = new Font10();
        var F11 = new Font11();
//making an object to store the fonts
var fontMap:Object = 
{
    "Impact" : F1.fontName,
    "Times New Roman (standard)" : F2.fontName,
    "Verdana" : F3.fontName,
    "Brush Script MT" : F4.fontName,
    "Georgia:" : F5.fontName,
    "Arial" : F6.fontName,
    "Trebuchet MS" : F7.fontName,
    "Webdings" : F8.fontName,
    "Andale Mono" : F9.fontName,
    "Arial Black" : F10.fontName,
    "Comic Sans MS" : F11.fontName
}





//=====================================================================================================
//Here we import the xml file and make it process
//=====================================================================================================

var my_xml_loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
my_xml_loader.load(new URLRequest("slideshow.xml"));
my_xml_loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);

//=====================================================================================================
//Here the speed, image url's and the number of images are imported from the xml
//=====================================================================================================

function processXML (e:Event):void
{
    
    var my_xml:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
    my_speed=my_xml.@SPEED; // Getting our transition speed in seconds

    my_images=my_xml.IMAGE; // Importing the slides
    my_total=my_images.length(); // counting the number of slides
    
    loadImages();
    
    my_xml_loader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML); 
    my_xml_loader = null;
    

    
}

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we simply load the images and text's
//=====================================================================================================

function loadImages():void
{
    
    for (var i:Number = 0; i < my_total; i++)
    { 
    
        var my_format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();    
        my_format.size = my_images[i].@FONTSIZE;
        my_format.color = my_images[i].@COLOR;
    
        var my_Aformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
        my_Aformat.size = my_images[i].@AUTHORSIZE;
        my_Aformat.color = my_images[i].@AUTHORCOLOR;
        
        my_format.font = fontMap[my_images[i].@FONTFAMILY];
        my_Aformat.font = fontMap[my_images[i].@AUTHORFONT];
        
        var my_url:String = my_images[i].@URL;
        var my_loader:Loader = new Loader();
        my_loader.load(new URLRequest(my_url));
        my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, missingImage, false, 0, true);
        my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
        my_loaders_array.push(my_loader);
        my_loaderinfo_array.push(my_loader.contentLoaderInfo); // *FK*

        
                
        var my_label:TextField = new TextField();
        my_label.defaultTextFormat = my_format;
        my_label.text = my_images[i].@TITLE;
        my_labels_array.push(my_label);

    
        
        var my_author:TextField = new TextField();
        my_author.defaultTextFormat = my_Aformat;
        my_author.text = my_images[i].@AUTHOR;
        my_authors_array.push(my_author);
        
        // Pushing the text width/height, x and y into our arrays
        var my_textWidth:Number = new Number();
        my_textWidth = my_images[i].@txtW;
        my_textWidth_array.push(my_textWidth);
        var my_textHeight:Number = new Number();
        my_textHeight = my_images[i].@txtH;
        my_textHeight_array.push(my_textHeight);
        var my_textX:Number = new Number();
        my_textX = my_images[i].@txtX;
        my_textX_array.push(my_textX);
        var my_textY:Number = new Number();
        my_textY = my_images[i].@txtY;
        my_textY_array.push(my_textY);
        
        // Pushing the img width/height, x and y into our arrays
        var my_imgWidth:Number = new Number();
        my_imgWidth = my_images[i].@imgW;
        my_imgWidth_array.push(my_imgWidth);
        var my_imgHeight:Number = new Number();
        my_imgHeight = my_images[i].@imgH;
        my_imgHeight_array.push(my_imgHeight);
        var my_imgX:Number = new Number();
        my_imgX = my_images[i].@imgX;
        my_imgX_array.push(my_imgX);
        var my_imgY:Number = new Number();
        my_imgY = my_images[i].@imgY;
        my_imgY_array.push(my_imgY);
        
    }
    
    my_preloader = new TextField();
    my_preloader.text="Loading";
    my_preloader.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;
    my_preloader.x = (stage.stageWidth - my_preloader.width)/2;
    my_preloader.y = (stage.stageHeight - my_preloader.height)/2;
    addChild(my_preloader);

}

function missingImage(event:IOErrorEvent):void{ // *FK*
    var ref:LoaderInfo = event.currentTarget as LoaderInfo;
    var position:uint = my_loaderinfo_array.indexOf(ref);
    my_textX_array[position].x -= 150; // *FK*  - i assume you want it 150 less, so '-='.  if that's wrong and you want it to be 150, use '=' not '-='
}


function onComplete(e:Event):void
{
    my_success_counter++;
    if (my_success_counter == my_total)
    {
        startShow();
    }
    
    var my_loaderInfo:LoaderInfo = LoaderInfo(e.target); 
    my_loaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
}

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we add everything to the stage and specify our timer
//=====================================================================================================

function startShow():void
{
    
    removeChild(my_preloader);
    my_preloader = null;
    
    addChild(my_slideshow);
    my_slideshow.addChild(my_image_slides);
    my_slideshow.addChild(my_label_slides);
    my_slideshow.addChild(my_author_slides);
    
    nextImage();
    
    my_timer = new Timer(my_speed*1000);
    my_timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerListener); 
    my_timer.start();
    
}

//=====================================================================================================
//All our settings for the next image are set here
//=====================================================================================================

function nextImage():void
{

    var my_image:Loader = Loader(my_loaders_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgWidth:Number = Number(my_imgWidth_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgHeight:Number = Number(my_imgHeight_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgX:Number = Number(my_imgX_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_imgY:Number = Number(my_imgY_array[my_playback_counter]);
    my_image_slides.addChild(my_image); 
    
    
    
    
    my_image.x = my_imgX;
    my_image.y = my_imgY;
    my_image.width = my_imgWidth;
    my_image.height = my_imgHeight;
    
    my_tweens_array[0] = new Tween(my_image,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,1,4,true);
    
    var my_label:TextField = TextField(my_labels_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textWidth:Number = Number(my_textWidth_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textHeight:Number = Number(my_textHeight_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textX:Number = Number(my_textX_array[my_playback_counter]);
    var my_textY:Number = Number(my_textY_array[my_playback_counter]);
    my_label_slides.addChild(my_label);
    my_label.wordWrap = true;
    my_label.width = my_textWidth;
    my_label.height = my_textHeight;
    my_label.x = my_textX;
    my_label.y = my_textY;
    
    
    my_tweens_array[1] = new Tween(my_label,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,1,4,true);
    
    var my_author:TextField = TextField(my_authors_array[my_playback_counter]);
    my_author_slides.addChild(my_author);
    my_author.wordWrap = true;
    my_author.x = my_textX;
    my_author.y = (my_textY + my_textHeight + 10);
    my_author.width = my_textWidth;

    
    my_tweens_array[2] = new Tween (my_author,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,1,4,true);
    

    
    
}

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we make a timer to make our images change after a specified time
//=====================================================================================================

function timerListener (e:TimerEvent):void
{
    
    hidePrev();
    
    my_playback_counter++;
    
    if (my_playback_counter == my_total)
    {
        my_playback_counter =0;
    }
        
    nextImage();

}

//=====================================================================================================
//Here we hide the previous message
//=====================================================================================================

function hidePrev():void
{

    var my_image:Loader=Loader(my_image_slides.getChildAt(0)); 
    my_prev_tween = new Tween(my_image,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true);
    my_prev_tween.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, onFadeOut)
    
    var my_label:TextField=TextField(my_label_slides.getChildAt(0)); 
    my_tweens_array[3] = new Tween(my_label,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true); 
    
    var my_author:TextField=TextField(my_author_slides.getChildAt(0));
    new Tween(my_author,"alpha",Strong.easeOut,1,0,1,true);

}

function onFadeOut(e:TweenEvent):void
{
    
    my_image_slides.removeChildAt(0);
    my_label_slides.removeChildAt(0);
    my_author_slides.removeChildAt(0);

} 


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Edit:
maybe a translator can give a more accurate translation for the error:

ReferenceError: Error # 1069: Can not find the x property of Number and there is no default value.
at My_Slideshow_fla::maintimeline/missing image()

apparently my_textX_array is an array of numbers... you were trying to assign the x value, so i assumed it was display objects.

try changing this line in the missingImage function:

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my_textX_array[position].x -= 150; 


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to this:

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my_textX_array[position] -= 150; 


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again, that's assuming you want to reduce the current value by 150, which is what it looked like you wanted. if you want to set it to 150, change -= to =

offcourse, its a value not a coördinate, thanks man. but now somehow when I started up flash today it just doesn't load the texts etc. anymore

I have just tried to put a valid url in for the image and it works then, the IOErrorEvent makes it just skip it and continue loading the rest right? somehow it doesn't load the rest of the texts so it keeps on loading

Any Idea what to do now? :/

it's hard to debug blind. can you upload your source file package (incl. xml and images)?

doesn't have to be complete, but enough to work with...

K here it is,

can you tell me when you got it so I can remove it again? greatly appreciated

i've got it download, so feel free to remove it. i probably won't have a chance to do anything with it until this evening tho

No problem take your time ^^, I'm glad you will do this

ok... your problem is you're not starting the slideshow (startShow()) unless you have as many successful loads as the total number of XML nodes, but you're only increasing the counter on success. you need to count a failed image load as a 'success', otherwise you'll never reach the total number.

so, the easy change is to update missingImage to look like this:

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function missingImage(event:IOErrorEvent):void{ // *FK*
    my_success_counter++;
    if (my_success_counter == my_total)
    {
        startShow();
    }
    var ref:LoaderInfo = event.currentTarget as LoaderInfo;
    var position:uint = my_loaderinfo_array.indexOf(ref);
    my_textX_array[position] -= 150; // *FK*  - i assume you want it 150 less, so '-='.  if that's wrong and you want it to be 150, use '=' not '-='
} 


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that'll get it working.

that said, there seems to be a lot of extraneous stuff going on - not sure why all the position and dimensions are being saved to arrays rather than just assigned. also, i'd use a single container for each 'set' (image, label, author), and just tween that. last, i'd probably try to load sequentially (one after another) rather than all at once. you could really benefit from some simple subclassing. if you want some help on that, i can try to find a few minutes to put together how i'd do it - otherwise, if you're content with it working (with the above change), then i won't bother.

hth

Great it worked !
If you are willing to take the time for me to put it together as you would I would greatly appreciate that since I could learn some extra with that.

thanks!

Edit:
I have changed it to this now and works perfectly:

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function missingImage(event:IOErrorEvent):void
{ 
    my_success_counter++;
    if (my_success_counter == my_total)
    {
       startShow();
    }
    var ref:LoaderInfo = event.currentTarget as LoaderInfo;
    var position:uint = my_loaderinfo_array.indexOf(ref);
    my_textX_array[position] = (my_textX_array[position] - my_imgWidth_array[position]); 
    my_textWidth_array[position] = (my_textWidth_array[position] + my_imgWidth_array[position]);
} 


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glad you got it working. sorry i haven't had time to put together the restructured version i mentioned - i've been swamped. i might be able to find some time later this week, but at least you're operational at the moment : )