Slideshow from xml - loads in wrong order

Question

Hi,
I modified an existing slideshow script so that it would like
to a page when you clicked the image. However, the images do not
always load up in the correct order, but the links and descriptions
do, so if you click an image it takes you to the wrong page.
It changes when you refresh the browser and acts differently
in ie to firefox - in ie it is usualy incorrect the first time,
then goes ok once u refresh. The link to view is:
http://www.fluidstudioswms.com/gftc/
and the actionscript is:
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
var myShowXML = new XML();
myShowXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myShowXML.load("cfpromoexport.xml?cachebuster="
+Math.random()+ new Date().getTime());
myShowXML.onLoad = function() {
_root.myWidth = myShowXML.firstChild.attributes.width;
_root.myHeight = myShowXML.firstChild.attributes.height;
_root.mySpeed = myShowXML.firstChild.attributes.speed;
_root.myImages = myShowXML.firstChild.childNodes;
_root.myImagesNo = myImages.length;
createContainer();
callImages();
function createContainer() {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("myContainer_mc",1);
myContainer_mc.lineTo(_root.myWidth,0);
myContainer_mc.lineTo(_root.myWidth,_root.myHeight);
myContainer_mc.lineTo(0,_root.myHeight);
myContainer_mc.lineTo(0,0);
myContainer_mc._x = (Stage.width-myContainer_mc._width);
myContainer_mc._y = (Stage.height-myContainer_mc._height);
function callImages() {
_root.myMCL = new MovieClipLoader();
_root.myPreloader = new Object();
_root.myMCL.addListener(_root.myPreloader);
_root.myClips_array = [];
_root.myPreloader.onLoadStart = function(target) {
_root.createTextField("myText_txt",_root.getNextHighestDepth(),0,0,100,20);
_root.myText_txt._x =
(Stage.width-_root.myText_txt._width)/2;
_root.myText_txt._y =
(Stage.height-_root.myText_txt._height)/2;
_root.myText_txt.autoSize = "center";
_root.myText_txt.text = "test";
_root.myPreloader.onLoadProgress = function(target) {
_root.myText_txt.text = "Loading..
"+_root.myClips_array.length+"/"+_root.myImagesNo+" Completed";
_root.myPreloader.onLoadComplete = function(target) {
_root.myClips_array.push(target);
target._alpha = 0;
if (_root.myClips_array.length == _root.myImagesNo) {
_root.myText_txt._y = myContainer_mc._y +
myContainer_mc._height;
_root.target_mc = -1;
moveSlide();
myShowInt = setInterval(moveSlide,
(_root.mySpeed*1000)+1000);
for (i=0; i<_root.myImagesNo; i++) {
temp_url = _root.myImages
.attributes.url;
temp_mc = myContainer_mc.createEmptyMovieClip(i,
myContainer_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
_root.myMCL.loadClip(temp_url,temp_mc);
_root.myContainer_mc.Link =
_root.myImages.attributes.link;
_root.myContainer_mc.onRelease = function() {
getURL(this.Link);
function moveSlide() {
current_mc = _root.myClips_array[_root.target_mc];
new Tween(current_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 100, 0, 1,
true);
_root.target_mc++;
if (_root.target_mc>=_root.myImagesNo) {
_root.target_mc = 0;
next_mc = _root.myClips_array[_root.target_mc];
new Tween(next_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, 1,
true);
The XML can be viewed at
http://www.fluidstudioswms.com/gftc/cfpromoexport.xml
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Sorry about code - new to the forum, I will remember for
future use.
Thanks for identifying the problem area. I have been trying
to fix the issue by sorting the array but my actionscript is not
great and I have not had any success :(