Fade in & out Slideshow from XML - im stuck !

[AndyBukgb]

Hi i am stuck... Can anyone help me ? please...

i have a fade in & out slide show - works well. The slide show gets
the content var from an XML file e.g. _x _y pos of the images, fade
times and time between images etc...

However ontop of the images fading in & out i need to:

- add a single word for each image
(so the word has got to fade in and out with that specific image too)

- need to be able to change the colour of the word
(depending if its on a dark background or light background)

- and need to be able to change the position of the word on the image
(so the word is not over a part of the image that would make it hard to read)

all of this needs to be done in the XML file ! so the flash movie or images
never need to be touched again. CAN THIS EVEN BE DONE ?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Help ?!

THE CURRENT XML FILE READS LIKE THIS:

<!--
"timer" -- Number of seconds between each image transition.
"order" -- How you want your images displayed. choose either 'sequential' or 'random'.
"looping" -- If the slide show is in sequential mode, this stops the show at the last image (use 'yes' for looping, 'no' for not).
"fadetime" -- Velocity of image crossfade. Increment for faster fades, decrement for slower. Approximately equal to seconds.
"xpos" -- _x position of all loaded clips (0 is default).
"ypos" -- _y position of all loaded clips (0 is default).
-->


<gallery timer="5" order="sequential" fadetime="2" looping="yes" xpos="0" ypos="0" >
<image path="images/slideshow_1.jpg" /> <!-- slideshow image 1 -->
<image path="images/slideshow_2.jpg" /> <!-- slideshow image 2 -->
<image path="images/slideshow_3.jpg" /> <!-- slideshow image 3 -->
<image path="images/slideshow_4.jpg" /> <!-- slideshow image 4 -->
<image path="images/slideshow_5.jpg" /> <!-- slideshow image 5 --> <!-- to add more images duplicate this line of code and paste below -->
</gallery>


THE CURRENT ACTIONSCRIPT IN THE FIRST FRAM OF THE TIMELINE IS:



fscommand("allowscale", "false");
// set random # variables - each must be 0 for first 'while' loop below
var randomNum = 0;
var randomNumLast = 0;

// parent container
var container_mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container",0);
// movie clip containers
container_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("loader1_mc",2);
container_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("loader2_mc",1);

// preload watcher
this.createEmptyMovieClip("watcher_mc",100);

// load xml
images_xml = new XML();
images_xml.ignoreWhite=true;
images_xml.onLoad = parse;
images_xml.load("slideshow.xml");

function parse(success) {
if (success) {
imageArray = new Array();
var root = this.firstChild;
_global.numPause = Number(this.firstChild.attributes.timer * 1000);
_global.order = this.firstChild.attributes.order;
_global.looping = this.firstChild.attributes.looping;
_global.fadetime = Number(this.firstChild.attributes.fadetime);
_global.xpos = Number(this.firstChild.attributes.xpos);
_global.ypos = Number(this.firstChild.attributes.ypos);
_global.strapline = (this.firstChild.attributes.strapline);
var imageNode = root.lastChild;
var s=0;
while (imageNode.nodeName != null) {
imageData = new Object;
imageData.path = imageNode.attributes.path;
imageArray[s]=imageData;
imageNode = imageNode.previousSibling;
s++;
}
// place parent container
container_mc._x = _global.xpos;
container_mc._y = _global.ypos;
// parse array
imageArray.reverse();
imageGen(imageArray);
} else {
trace('problem');
}
}

// depth swapping
function swapPlace(clip,num) {
eval(clip).swapDepths(eval("container_mc.loader"+n um+"_mc"));
}

function loadImages(data,num) {
if (i==undefined || i == 2) {
i=2;
createLoader(i,data,num);
i=1;
} else if (i==1) {
createLoader(i,data,num);
i=2;
}
}
function createLoader(i,data,num) {
thisLoader=eval("container_mc.loader"+i+"_mc");
thisLoader._alpha=0;
thisLoader.loadMovie(data[num].path);
watcher_mc.onEnterFrame=function () {
var picLoaded = thisLoader.getBytesLoaded();
var picBytes = thisLoader.getBytesTotal();
if (isNaN(picBytes) || picBytes < 4) {
return;
}
if (picLoaded / picBytes >= 1) {
swapPlace("container_mc.loader2_mc",1);
alphaTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(thisLoader, "_alpha", mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeOut,0,100,_globa l.fadetime,true);
timerInterval = setInterval(imageGen,_global.numPause,data);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
}
function imageGen(data) {
// random, or sequential?
if (_global.order=="random") {
// choose random # between 0 and total number of images
while (randomNum == randomNumLast) {
randomNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * data.length);
trace(randomNum);
}
loadImages(data,randomNum);
randomNumLast = randomNum;
} else if (_global.order=="sequential") {
// start at 0, increment to total number of images, then drop back to zero when done
if (p==undefined || p==data.length && _global.looping=="yes") { p=0; } else { break; }
loadImages(data,p);
p++;
} else {
trace ("order attribute in xml isn't correct - must specify either 'random' or 'sequential'");
}
clearInterval(timerInterval);
}
stop();

[cancerinform]

You can have a movieclip with a textfield in the library and attach the movieclip to your slide when necessary. Then you can change many parameters.

[AndyBukgb]

OK this sounds great !

would you like to earn the money to do this ???

let me know asap ???!!! will pay £40.00

[cancerinform]

You can advertise this in the freelance forum if you want to pay money. Let me know.