Slideshow: flash between pix

Question

i have a very simple slideshow controled through xml and
actionscript ... but between the images i have an anoying flash
every time ... even when the pix are loaded!
check out an example
frame-eleven.com/newyork/dummy
and heres the script:
slides_xml = new XML();
slides_xml.onLoad = startSlideShow;
slides_xml.load("slides.xml");
slides_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
// Show the first slide and intialize variables
function startSlideShow(success) {
if (success == true) {
rootNode = slides_xml.firstChild;
totalSlides = rootNode.childNodes.length;
firstSlideNode = rootNode.firstChild;
currentSlideNode = firstSlideNode;
currentIndex = 1;
updateSlide(firstSlideNode);
// Updates the current slide with new image and text
function updateSlide(newSlideNode) {
imagePath = newSlideNode.attributes.jpegURL;
loadMovie(imagePath, targetClip);
// Event handler for 'Next slide'
setInterval(next,3000);
function next() {
nextSlideNode = currentSlideNode.nextSibling;
if (nextSlideNode == null) {
currentIndex = 1;
currentIndex++;
updateSlide(firstSlideNode);
currentSlideNode = firstSlideNode;
} else {
currentIndex++;
updateSlide(nextSlideNode);
currentSlideNode = nextSlideNode;
is there any solution to get rid of the flash and to preload
the pix?
thanks a lot
best
florian

Answer 1

The link you provided is for a tutorial, and it appears to be a fairly basic approach to one, so you should be able to follow through that tutorial to get the effect that you say it has that you want, and it even includes the option to download the file so that you can learn from it.  If you cannot follow that tutorial then you should search Google for others... there are likely plenty of them around... just search using terms like "AS3 slideshow tutorial" (or substitute "AS2" for "AS3" if that's what you plan to use).