Adding Pause and Replay Buttons

Question

Ok here is my script for an external XML loading Flash
Gallery...
1. How do I add a "constant" Pause and Replay on this?
2. Every time I add something to the stage the "fade effect"
affects that too!
Thanks in advance.
delay = 5000;
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
description = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image
= xmlNode.childNodes.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description
= xmlNode.childNodes.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
id = setInterval(preloadPic, 100);
} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("images.xml");
var loadTot = 0;
var k = 0;
function preloadPic() {
clearInterval(id);
var con = picture.duplicateMovieClip("con"+k, 9984+k);
con.loadMovie(image[k]);
var temp = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("temp"+k, 99+k);
temp.onEnterFrame = function() {
var total = con.getBytesTotal();
var loaded = con.getBytesLoaded();
percent = Math.round((loaded/total*100)/image.length);
preloader.preload_bar._xscale = loadTot+percent;
info.text = "Loading picture "+k+" of "+image.length+"
total";
if (loaded == total && total>4) {
con._visible = 0;
nextPic();
loadTot += percent;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
function nextPic() {
if (k<image.length-1) {
k++;
preloadPic();
else {
firstImage();
preloader._visible = 0;
info.text = "";
listen = new Object();
listen.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
prevImage();
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
nextImage();
Key.addListener(listen);
previous_btn.onRelease = function() {
prevImage();
next_btn.onRelease = function() {
nextImage();
var p = 0;
var current;
MovieClip.prototype.fadeIn = function() {
if (this._alpha<100) {
current._alpha -= 5;
this._alpha += 5;
} else {
current._visible = 0;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
function nextImage() {
if(p<(total-1)){
current = this["con"+p];
p++;
var picture = this["con"+p];
picture._visible = 1;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
slideshow();
if (isPaused == true) {
current = this["con"+p];
p<total-1 ? p++ : p=0;
preloadPic();
function prevImage() {
if (p>0){
current = this["con"+p];
p--;
var picture = this["con"+p];
picture._visible = 1;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
function firstImage() {
con0._visible = 1;
con0._alpha = 0;
con0.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
desc_txt.text = description[0];
picture_num();
slideshow();
function picture_num() {
current_pos = p+1;
pos_txt.text = current_pos+" / "+total;
function slideshow() {
myInterval = setInterval(pause_slideshow, delay);
function pause_slideshow() {
clearInterval(myInterval);
if (p == (total-1)) {
//Resetting...fadeout=300 milliseconds.
endFadeOut = setInterval(fadeOut, 300);
//Try using a movie clip called restart_mc that is a button
_root.attachMovie("restart_mc");
} else {
nextImage();
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Answer 1

anyone?