Issues importing XML photo gallery SWF in Catalyst

Hey everyone,
I'm creating a mini-site using Catalyst, and am trying to include a photo gallery on one of the pages. Problem is, the photo gallery uses XML, and grabs the photos from a folder. The photo gallery works great on its own, but when I import the gallery SWF into Catalyst and run it, nothing shows up. I've found a few posts saying to move the XML and other corresponding files into the "/Library/Application Support/ Adobe/Flash Catalyst/workspace/Project/bin-debug" folder, and tried it with no luck. I even tried publishing the project (both locally and to the web), and then adding the XML and photo folder in, but still didn't have any luck getting it to work. Has anyone had any similar issues/ have an idea of how to fix it?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I've been pointing people here for issues relating to xml driven swfs.
http://flashcats.net/2010/05/29/using-an-xml-driven-swf-in-catalyst/
Also, in regards to the previous comment, the run-local will work on your machine, the deploy-to-web when you put the content on the internet. This post has a bit more information.
http://flashcats.net/2010/06/23/run-local-vs-deploy-to-web/

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***

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//menuItem.itemLoader.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressHandler);
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menuItem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOutItem);
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menuHolder.addChild(menuItem);
menuHolder.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOverMenu);
menuHolder.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOutMenu);
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var percentage:Number = distance / MASK_WIDTH;
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oldX = menuHolder.x;
var targetX:Number = -((menuHolder.width - MASK_WIDTH +150) * percentage) + myMask_mc.x;
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TweenMax.to(menuHolder, 5, {x: Math.round(targetX)});
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function mouseOutMenu(e:Event):void
mouseIsOver = false;
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var tw2:Tween;
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var item:MenuItem = e.target as MenuItem;
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tw1 = new Tween(item,"scaleX", Strong.easeInOut,1, 1.25,0.25,true);
tw2 = new Tween(item,"scaleY", Strong.easeInOut,1, 1.25,0.25,true);
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function mouseOutItem(e:Event):void
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tw2 = new Tween(item,"scaleY", Strong.easeInOut,1.25, 1,0.25,true);
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                                                                                                                                                                REGARDS, Tudor

If you are using a "for" loop to do the loading, it can process thru the entire set of loops before the first image is loaded. If you want to have control over the loading you should load things sequencially.
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