Flash problem

[poorman]

Hello,

 

I have a flash image slide show setup that reads a list of images from an .xml file, but when I load it to the server it fails to show anything, works fine on my local machine. I am not sure what is wrong, anyone have some ideas for me to try?

 

page code

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="432" height="288" id="slideshow" align="top">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="slideshow.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="slideshow.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="432" height="288" name="slideshow_as2" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

 

Call

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("images.xml");

function parse(success) {
if (success) {
 imageArray = new Array();
 var root = this.firstChild;
 _global.numPause = Number(this.firstChild.attributes.timer * 700);
 _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);
 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"+num+"_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,_global.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();

 

XML file

<gallery timer="5" order="sequential" fadetime="2" looping="yes" xpos="0" ypos="0">
<image path="image1.jpg" />
<image path="image2.jpg" />
<image path="image3.jpg" />
<image path="image4.jpg" />
<image path="image5.jpg" />
<image path="image6.jpg" />
</gallery>

 

also, even if I point directly to the flash file on the server it shows no images, but you can tell on the page that the player is loaded...

 

Thanks for any ideas.

[poorman]

Well in case anyone runs into this, I needed to add the XML connector to the stage, dumb things I do when tired.....

 

Thanks anyway..

[Guest]

How did you add the XML connector to the stage? I am having the same problem. I was working on it last night, but gave up.