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flash actionscript : Automatically get images from folder and play Slide Show


IndioDoido
5/30/2006 6:03:02 PM
Hi,
I would like to create a Flash Slide Show that can automatically find images
from a specific folder and display them in a nice fade in/out slide show.
This slide show is going to display products for a web site, and I would like
to update the images just by uploading them to a folder or deleting them from
that folder.
Can anyone help me on this?

2m
5/30/2006 6:25:58 PM
As Flash cannot see the contetns of a folder on the server you would need some
kind of server-side script (asp, php for example) that provides the flash with
the neccessary info (as text or xml) about the images present in your watched
folder(s), the rest would be loading and presenting as with any regular
slideshow.
martoons1
5/30/2006 7:49:23 PM
there is a pretty good example at the Macromedia/Adobe site:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge
href="http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/jpeg_sl
ideshow_xml03.html


You">http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/jpeg_sli
deshow_xml03.html

You</a> need the XML script, but it's very easy to see how it's done.
Cheers.
Gary
martoons1
5/30/2006 7:51:12 PM
oops. Here's the correct url:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge
href="http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/">http:
//www.adobe.com/support/flash/applications/jpeg_slideshow_xml/</a>
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