Flash :: External Jpegs And Their Titles

External AS And Jpegs
Hi.

This is the first Topic I've posted at (the very cool) UltraShock site so go easy on me.

Thought I would kill a few birds with one stone here.

(1) I'm currently editing AS in an external file which gets included in the movie when it's compiled. Is there any way of loading more AS into the movie while it's playing in a similar way you load MP3's, Jpegs, etc?

(2) Is it possible to include images in HTML text (html textfield) ? I've tried various ways with no luck ( using Flash-MX)

(3) Last but not least I've read somewhere that it's possible to update the MAXSCROLL property of a text field (needs to be done after updating the text) but I can't find it anywhere!!

Any help would be fantastic.

Cheers.

Trouble With External JPEGs Into External MC
I'm stumped. I created a Movie Clip using code that when a button is moused over, resizes the frame as an external JPEG is loaded into it. The MC itself (ContentPix) is then loaded into the main file and is called on by a submenu. Everything functions fine when ContentPix is tested by itself. But when loaded externally into the main movie, it won't import the JPEGs. What am I missing? This is the only submenu section that loads a MC that itself loads images. All the others work fine.

Loading External Jpegs
hi there,

i need to load jpeg-images from somewhere in the file system dynamically into my flash-movie. i think it works easily with flash generator, but i haven't got it. so, is there a way to load image files dynamically using only standard-actionscripting? like loadMovie(*.jpg) or something?

thanks, stevie.

Preloading External Jpegs With Do While
hello,

i´v got the following problem:

I am creating a photographers portfolio.
I want to preload some jpegs into a movie. when the first picture is loaded the button for this picture should be activated. then the next picture should be loaded the next button should be activated and so on.
problem: flash makes all buttons active although the pictures are not loaded already.

here is my actionscript:

do {
loadMovie ("werbung/1.jpg", "bild1");
var geladen1 = eval(bild1.getBytesLoaded());
var total1 = eval(bild1.getBytesTotal());
var prozent1 = (geladen1/total1)*100;
} while (prozent1<100);
if (prozent1>=100) {
tellTarget ("mc1") {
gotoAndStop ("geladen");
}
}
do {
loadMovie ("werbung/2.jpg", "bild2");
var geladen2 = eval(bild2.getBytesLoaded());
var total2 = eval(bild2.getBytesTotal());
var prozent2 = (geladen2/total2)*100;
} while (prozent2<100);
if (prozent2>=100) {
tellTarget ("mc2") {
gotoAndStop ("geladen");
}
}
.
.
.

Loading External JPEGs (?)
Hi Guys,

I'm having a bit of trouble loading some external JPEGs into my movie and I was wondering if anybody could help out.I've simply created an empty movieclip to load external images into and given these actions to the corresponding button in the main timeline:

btn1.onRelease
loadMovie("/desktop/vicprof/tfwebnew/manjpegs/kiss1.jpg","holder")

...and the image(s) won't load.

I've never had a problem with loading external swfs in the past, so I'm not sure what's up. The only thing i can think of, is that the holder MC is a slideshow which is placed within another MC, and the button with the actions is on the Main MC timeline, and not the root timeline. Does this make any difference?
If not does any one have any advice?

thanks!

Pre Cache External JPEGS
Yo (Philadelphia accent) everyone,

I'm working on a friends web site: http:cunicelli.com/BETA (this is a local Philly photographer).

For the work sections of the site I'm using an "on button press" GetURL function to load external JPEGs so that the photo studio will be able to upload new work themselves (following a naming convention).

I want to "preload" all the JPEG work images from within flash (if possible). I'd really like it to tie-in with the site's preloader (if possible).

Any ideas? I'm not an expert at actionscript, but am competant at copying + pasting (lol).

Thanks in advance for help with this.

Loading External Jpegs Into .swf's
Hey everybody,
I need help writing a script so that I can bring external jpegs (from within the same .swf folder) into an mc so that it appears when I view my .swf.

Thanks for the help!
John

Preload External Jpegs?
i have an image gallery, and i load all my images from an external images folder on the server. Now, when i view the site, it all works, but while the image is loading, well...you dont see anything you know? The image just appears when its done downloading. So i was wondering how i can set up a preloader that loads each external jpeg, similar to how i have a preloader set up for the flash.

also, random question..i just got mx 2004 pro, and i noticed they removed the ability to right click on something and select actions, i have to click on something and press f9, which takes a good 5 seconds or so before it opens up, anyway to fix that?

thanks for any help

Loading External Jpegs
I’ve found a bunch of questions about loading external jpegs but mostly with a button.
I need a simple code that will load .jpegs from the source folder into a MC onto my stage without clicking anything.
I’ve saved them as non-progressive but none of the code I’ve found seems to work.
I just don’t want the images in my library.
Thanks in advance.

Help Preloading External JpegS
hi there, i am just a step far from publishing my first flash- humble - website.
there is just a little trouble loading it, because there's a simple slideshow that starts loading external images (which are in the same dir) as the main movie loads. each image is about 150 kb and once the first is loaded, i have to wait some seconds before the second displays. moreover i loose the transition effect between images (a simple alpha tween).
is there any way to put a preloader that loads external jpegs as soon as the main movie loads???
thank you all, help me publishing my first flashsite.
daniele

Several External JPEGS - One Preloader?
Hey Guys!
I have a flash file loading several external files.
I'm facing two problems:
1. **and the more important 1* Although I am loading several images, I want the preloader to be for all of them together - using a listener.
2. I want to load the images for use in the next scene, not the preloading scene, therefore I need to store them in a way that I can call them through ActionScript later on, something like Linkage, except I'm adding the Linkage in runtime.

I know how to create a preloader for one image at a time using a Movie Clip listener, but I want the preloader to show progress of the total amount of bytes loaded from all external images, not just one. Plus - if I use a MovieClip loader, the images will be loaded to a movie clip on the stage, but I want to call them using Action Script from a different scene in the movie.

Thank you very much,
Yuval Karmi

Quality Of External Jpegs
I am calling external ".jpg"s from outside my ".swf". When they come in they are a lower quality with alot of banding in the gradiants of the images. If I drop the same images into a browser they look fine.

Also, this is wierd. If you open the ".swf", when it opens at size the quality is messed up, but if you scale the ".swf" (grab the corner and pull it bigger or smaller) the jpegs then become fine.

I did save for web in Photoshop, jpeg, at high quality (80%). I tryed publishing my ".swf" with the jpeg slider at 100%, it did not help.

Thanks in advance for help.

Loading External Jpegs
I have a page that loads external jpegs... however it seems totake longer to retireve and display/load the images going through flash than it does if i were to display them as html...why is this... or am I just wrong. thanks J.

Loading External Jpegs
I have a script that gets the names of images from a database. If the image name returned to flash is blank then the script says don't even try to load the jpeg. This all works fine. However if for example only 3 image names are returned as not blank it takes a lot longer to load those 3 images than it does if all 10 images are required to load?
This might make sense if it was trying to load an image with a blank image name, however the script says if image name!='' then load the image.
why would this be? it makes no sense.

Loading External Jpegs In A Row?
hey guys!

I will try to explain where is my problem.. I am creating XML based image viewer. It will have thumbnails of galleries.. and what am I trying to do is to preload external JEPGS in a row, firstly - first jpeg, when first jpeg is loaded, then load second.. I've created one empty MC called thumbs and trying to attach thumb MC to it(witch has preloader, empty MC as image holder). The problem is that all thumb MCs are attached at first, and then all of them start to preload...
Any ideas how to solve this?

Help With Loading External Jpegs
Hi, I am trying to load some external jpegs on a site and I have the function done for MX
function loadPic(mc, picName) {
var myFile = "images/"+picName+".jpg";
mc.loadMovie(myFile);
}

I also have the button code done.

button1.onRelease=function() {
loadPic("fam1");
}

I've set up on the main timeline a frame/layer just for actionscript and the button I want to launch the image into the "mc" is down 2 levels. Where do I put the button code (MX) and the mc movie clip? Do they all have to be on the main timeline or can I somehow tell Flash where the button is and how to find the image and the function? I'm new and confused. Please help, I can feel myself going gray as I write.

Thanks,
Adam

Preloading External Jpegs
i'm currently making a slideshow for work, and they want all the pictures to preload before the show starts..... here's my code

Code:
var mymcl = new MovieClipLoader;
var mymclistener:Object = new Object;

mymclistener.onLoadStart = function (target){
var loadProgress = mymcl.getProgress(target);
trace("the clip "+target+" has started loading");
trace("Bytes loaded: "+loadProgress.bytesLoaded);
trace("Total bytes: "+loadProgress.bytesTotal);
}

mymclistener.onLoadProgress = function(target, totalbytes, loadedbytes){
trace ("Bytes loaded: "+loadedbytes);
trace("bytes total: "+totalbytes);
}

mymclistener.onLoadComplete = function(target){
var loadProgress = mymcl.getProgress(target);
mytrace(target+"has finished loading");
trace ("Bytes loaded: "+loadProgress.bytesLoaded+" Bytes total: "+loadProgress.bytesLoaded);
}

mymclistener.onLoadInit = function(target){
trace ("MC:"+target+" is good to go");
target._x = 0
target._y = 0;
}

mymcl.addListener(mymclistener);
mymcl.loadClip("http://www.jahdesign.com/pictures/1.jpg", holder);
works nicely... however, i can't get it to load all the pictures! i tried something like this

Code:
for (i=1; i<4; i++){
mymcl.loadClip("http://www.jahdesign.com/pictures"+1+".jpg", holder);
}
all this does is jump to the last picture and load that one.. so it had me thinking, and i did this to see what would happen:

Code:
btn1.onPress = function(){
mymcl.loadClip("http://www.jahdesign.com/pictures/1.jpg", holder);
}
// i made three buttons like this one
and what happens to that is, the pictures get preloaded each time the button is pressed. (meaning instead of preloading the first time and showing up immediately thereafter, it's preloaded every time!)

i'm lost and i really don't know where i'm going with this... could somebody please explain to me what i'm doing wrong and what i need to do? if my problem is clear enough, i want to preload multiple jpegs then display them one after another (like in a slideshow) in a movie clip ("holder" as in the code above)... please? thank you!

Preloading A Set Of External Jpegs
Alright, so i'm creating a simple photo gallery with about 10 images in it. Instead of having each image load when its button is clicked, i'd like to have all of them preload all at once. I've been trying different code and have had no luck so far. Can anyone give me a code sample i could use? Here is a sample of what i have been trying:

numpics = 10;
for(i = 0; i <= numpics; i++){
container.loadMovie(this["pic" + i + ".swf");
while(container.getBytesLoaded() != container.getBytesTotal()){
loaded.text = "Loading picture " + i;
}
}

but it skips to the second frame and when i go through the gallery each picture is getting loaded individually. Any ideas? Thanks in advanced

How Do I Preload External JPEGs?
i have no idea how to address an external jpeg when wanting to preload it.

this is the website im working on, www.thecaverndallas.com. if you have highspeed internet, you might not notice it, but the 3 columns of images at the top are randomly selected and externally loaded through xml.

my problem is that when the animation for pics to fade in starts, if the pics are not fully loaded, they just appear instead of fading in. can anyone help me with this?

External Jpegs Very Slow
Hi there,
I'm loading photos in my Loader when the event on(RollOver) is raised in the thumbnails. It is very straight forward but the external JPEGs take ages to load. I have optimised them in Photoshop and the biggest that I have is 30k... pretty small.

Anybody know how can I improve that? Maybe another format?? Pre-loading the photos??

I could include the photos in the libray and use different layers but I would prefer to use the external files since is easier to mantain.

Thanks everybody!!!! :)

Loading External Jpegs
Load time/methodology question. Drawing/recreating a web screen vs doing a screen capture of the web screen and displaying it as a jpeg in flash via an external folder)

Does loading external jpegs actually work as a better alternative (load faster - and obviously must faster to do then redrawing in flash) to just drawing the same element inside flash vs viewing an external jpeg? for example, if you have a web screen you want to display in flash is it better to just do a screen capture and save it as a jpeg and then code the flash movie to just display this jpeg from an external folder or is it better to draw that same web screen inside flash (which keeps it as a vector based file rather importing raster based jpeg files)? thoughts?

Loading External JPEGS
I have a combo box which displays a list of jpgs.  I also have a movieclip which I have made into an â€˜image loaderâ€™.  So when the user selects a jpg from the combo box it will display in the â€˜image loaderâ€™.  This works fine when I publish the Movie on the computer.  However, I have put this page on-line and only some of the files load up when selected.

I have tried numerous different techniques.  I have all the files located in the same place.  I have tried the _root. code.  I have read something about progressive JPGS, but how do I know if the JPG is progressive?  If it is progressive, is there anyway of making it 'un-progressive'!!??

Im struggling to understand how this works fine when published on the computer but not on-line.  Does anyone have any ideas on this problem?

BlendMode On External Jpegs
Hello,

I'm quite new to flash 8, so sorry if I'm doing something stupid. I want to load in external jpegs then change the blendMode. However I can't get it to change the loaded images.

Here a bit of the code:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("mynewclip_mc", 1);
mynewclip_mc.loadMovie("http://rosscairns.com/welcome2.jpg", 1);
mynewclip_mc.blendMode = "add";

Help would be much appreciated!
Ross

Loading External Jpegs
Good day to all,

Here's my issue. I'm creating a site with Flash MX and want to load all my jpgs dynamicly. Here i s the code I'm using:

on (release) {
loadMovie("test.jpg", "holder") ;
}

The problem is nothing happens. I don't even get any error messages . Any ideas on what's goign on? Thanx for any help ahead of time. NoImage = NoSigImage NoImage = NoImageRes

Preloading External Jpegs AAAH
I have four thumbnail buttons in _root.infobox.thumb

Button actions
on (release) {
loadMovie("image1.jpg", _root.infobox.Limage);
}

I am trying to load jpegs into this MC _root.infobox.Limage

I can't get a preloader to work out how much of the jpegs loaded.

Do I stick a preloader in _root.infobox.Limage and load the image into (for example) _root.infobox.Limage.jpeg and use _root.infobox.Limage.jpeg.getBytesLoaded() bla bla to get the f-ing thing to work.

Some please help before I hurt the dwarf!

Detecting External Jpegs... Is This Too Hard?
How can I test for the existence of an external jpeg before loading it?
-------------------------------------------
i=1;
damnImage = i + '.jpg';
if.....<p>
<hr>
if there's no jpg then what?... this is where I need help -- tried getBytesTotal if statement plus numerous other things.<p> Can't find syntax example anywhere!
<hr>

loadMovie(damnImage,_level0.photoPanel.thisPix.cur rentPic);
i++;
} else {
i=1;
loadMovie(damnImage,_level0.photoPanel.thisPix.cur rentPic);
}
------------------------------------------------

Not worried about picayune syntax blems here, just the way to test for existence of the next in a series of jpegs when a button is pressed, so's I don't get a file not found error.<p>

Also setting width and height is very inconsistent. Help there would also be coolio.<p>

Thanx...

IE Problem Displaying External Jpegs
I have a series of external jpegs (not part of the .fla file) that get loaded one after the other as the user clicks forward and back buttons in a .swf. In Explorer 5.2 (and the version just previous) for Mac OS X and up, sometimes the images load (I can tell from the preloader) and then don't display. If I go on to the next image and then click the back button, the image that formerly didn't load *does* load. So I know it loaded the first time, and was cached -- it just didn't display the first time.

I can't reproduce this problem in Netscape/Mozilla, in Safari, or in Explorer 5 (for Mac OS 9.xx). Has anyone else experienced this, & is there a work-around?

Problem Linking 2 External Jpegs
Hi Gang,

I’m trying to dynamically load 2 external jpegs into 2 movie clips. (Note the jpegs have to also be dynamically sized). The clips are named mc_before and mc_after. Once loaded I want to fade mc_before to 0 (_alpha) while mc_after._alpha goes to 100, as the image slides across the screen. I can only get it to half work.

Thus far I can load my before1.jpg into a clip off screen.

loadMovie("before1.jpg","mc_before");

I then move to another frame and begin the same process for loading mc_after

loadMovie("after.jpg","mc_after");

When both are loaded I click a button that resizes the clips and sets them to their start positions and then toggle a variable in the both clips enterframes which control the _x and _alpha properties. ie,

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (moveMe == true) {
stepCtr += 1;
if (stepCtr> stepMax) {
moveMe = false;
this._alpha = 0;
} else {
this._x = this._x+10;
// fade alpha to zero not yet coded
trace("STOP BEFORE " + this._x);
}
}
}

The other variables above are initialized in the onClipEvent (load) handler.
The mc_after is similiar but alpha goes to 100.

So I’m stuck on the second dynamically linked jpeg. It never appears even though some trace messages indicate it is there where it should be. Visible and _alpha = 100 etc. (No, it is not a progressive jpeg, I can get it load on its own).

Any suggestions?

TIA,
Randy

Looping GetBytesLoaded For External Jpegs
I'm building a slide show thingy that loads all the pics from the beginning and then moves through them by changing the alpha. They load fine, on a loop:

for(i=0; i< images; i++)
{
_root.attachMovie("picholder", "pic" add i, i);
setProperty ("pic"+i, _x, 157.5);
setProperty ("pic"+i, _y, 15);
setProperty ("pic"+i, _alpha, 0);
//now load the pics
loadMovie("image"+ i +".jpg", "pic" + i);
}

and they go through alpha with setInterval, but when i try and get their size for a preloader it all goes wrong. I have a little empty clip, called loader that getBytesTotal and getBytesLoaded and can pass it to a preload text box, but BUT and here comes the rub... Only if I name them one by one - i.e. if I try and loop it, it don't work. So, for example:

trace(_parent.pic0.getBytesTotal());

gives me the expected response, while:

for(i=0; i<10; i++)
{
trace (_parent.pic add i.getBytesTotal());
}

gets me nothing, and neither does:

for(i=0; i<10; i++)
{
image = "pic" add i;
trace (_parent.image.getBytesTotal());
}

Can anybody help me or tell me what I'm doing wrong?? cheers, Dan

Preload Array Of External Jpegs
Using flash MX on a mac.

I'm trying to load 10 external jpegs onto a movie then make a slide show. They need to load before I get going, so I've built 2 functions, "loadnext()" and "loadcheck()". After getting them going with loadnext(0), loadcheck() is then called by a setInterval to check on the loading state of the image0. When it reaches 100%, loadcheck adds 1 to i and calls loadnext() again.

It seems to work locally, trace gives me the sizes of the different images, and the preloading column fills up before moving to the next image. But when I put it online, loadcheck() basically iterates through, happily ignoring whether images are loaded or not. Whats wrong? This is completely mistifying me!

Here's the code, see if you can tell me whats wrong. Its all on a "loader" movieclip.

onClipEvent (load) {
//set some variables
images = 10;
totalLength = 50*images;
startPoint = (900-totalLength)/2;
i = 0;
//function to load pics
function loadnext(i) {
//attach the pic holder movie clip
_root.attachMovie("picholder", "pic" add i, i);
setProperty(_parent["pic"+i], _x, 157.5);
setProperty(_parent["pic"+i], _y, 15);
setProperty(_parent["pic"+i], _alpha, 10);
//now load the pics
loadMovie("image"+i+".jpg", _parent["pic" add i]);
//now get the little preload pics!!put them at different levels from the images !!
_root.attachMovie("load", "loadpercent"+i, (images+i));
setProperty(_parent["loadpercent"+i], _x, startPoint+(50*i));
setProperty(_parent["loadpercent"+i], _y, 620);
trace("loadnext running - for image" add i add ".jpg");
}
//load first pic
loadnext(0);
//function to check if they're loaded
function loadcheck() {
tBytes = _parent["pic"+i].getBytesTotal();
tLoaded = _parent["pic"+i].getBytesLoaded();
ploaded = int(tLoaded*100/tBytes);
trace("function loadcheck running, tBytes: " add tBytes);
trace("loaded: " add tLoaded);
trace("target: " add _parent["pic"+i]);
_root["loadpercent"+i].percentage = ploaded add " %";
with (_root["loadpercent"+i]) {
gotoAndStop(int(tLoaded*100/tBytes));
}
if (tLoaded>=tBytes) {
trace ("Ready : ploaded = "+ploaded+"%");
i++;
if (i<images){
loadnext(i);
}
if (i>= images){
clearInterval(bob);
}
}
}
if (i < images) {
//don't load next picture til first has been fully loaded
//check if its loaded every x milliseconds
bob = setInterval(loadcheck, 3000);
}

}

Like I said - works fine at home in a testing environment, but bugs out on a browser... I'll have a cup of tea and hope someone can help me!

Centering Loaded External Jpegs
I've seen similar questions to this here, but I couldn't find any clear answers. I am loading external jpegs into my site and I want to get their size (width, height) so I can position them appropriately once they're loaded. How do I get their size and re-position them? I've been trying to use getProperty, but I can't seem to get that to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated - I'm stumped. This is basically how I am loading the jpegs.

Code:
_root.holderMC.loadMovie("products/image.jpg);

Loading External Jpegs With Preloader
Hi guys and gals. i've looked all over flashkit for an answer to my problem of loading external jpegs with a preloader, but i can't find any concrete answers. i want to be able to encapsulate the process as much as possible. i don't know where i'm going wrong.

function loadpic(url) = {
loadMovie(url, holder_mc)
holder_mc.onData = function() {
this._visible = 0;
if (this. getBytesLoaded>=this.getBytesTotal) {
this._visible = 1
}
}
}

Am i on the right track with this? i see this technique used everywhere, it can't be that complicated. Can someone help please? Thanks in advance.

FLASH 5 Preload External Jpegs
I have a movie with instance name "holdermc"
I have five different buttons that each one (on release) is loading a different jpeg into the "holdermc" using load movie command.

I would like to preload these external jpegs with a progression bar.
does any one have any source code or tutorials to guide me to.

thanks for the help.
p2studios.com

Loading External Jpegs W/ Buttons
For example I have a target mc named "target_mc" and I have a image that would load per button. Now I've dealt with regular preloaders, and sound class preloaders, but I'm kinda confused as to how-to preload the jpeg loading percentage into a dynamic textfield, this kinda reminds me of making a basic mp3 preloader as shown below, any suggestions would be great.

sound_1 = new Sound();
sound_1.loadSound("http://themakers.com/sounds/atmospheres_1.mp3", true);
function checkLoad(){
var percentLoaded = (sound_1.getBytesLoaded()/sound_1.getBytesTotal())*100;
progress.text = Math.round(percentLoaded)
message.text = "MEK - Far From Home";

}
checkProgress = setInterval(checkLoad, 1000);

Swaping External Jpegs In A Swf File
This is a pretty simple task I learned in a class, but have forgotten.

In the class we used actionscript to swap jpeg images in an external folder with a movieclip on the main timeline.

Basically, I have a white background and a white box for a movie clip (or just an empty movie clip). I want to use an actionscript attached to a button that will swap the blank movie clip for images in an external folder.

Can someone give me the script to do this.

I was using:

on (press){

_root.placeHolder = "../images/example/example1.jpg"

I knew this wouldn't work, but I tried anyways.

Thanks for your help.

Please Help - Preloader For External Jpegs Is Not Actually Preloading
I am trying to create a preloader that will load external jpegs into a movie clip before playing the movie. I came up with the script below to create a preloader that would load two separate jpegs before playing. I thought it was working because when I played it locally, the preloader bar flashed briefly before the movie played, but when I tested it on my server, I realized it wasn't actually loading the jpegs afterall - it was just playing anyway.
Can anyone help me? I've been searching everywhere for a solution! Thanks!!!!

code:
stop();
loadMovie("photos/home/home1.jpg", home1);
loadMovie("photos/home/home2.jpg", home2);
myInterval = setInterval(preloader, 10);
bytes1 = home1.getBytesTotal();
bytes2 = home2.getBytesTotal();
totalBytes = (bytes1+bytes2);
loaded1 = home1.getBytesLoaded();
loaded2 = home2.getBytesLoaded();
loadedBytes = (loaded1+loaded2);
function preloader() {
if (loadedBytes>=totalBytes) {
play();
clearInterval(myInterval);
}
progressBar._xscale = (loadedBytes/totalBytes)*100;
}

Loading External Jpegs To Be Centered
I am trying to get external jpegs to load into my SWF by using this code:
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
container.loadMovie("jpegs/people1"+".jpg");
}
-
It loads perfectly BUT - it always aligns to the upper left corner of the MC -
Is there a way to align the container MC with the "CENTER" of the jpeg image ?

Percentage Preloader For External Jpegs?
Hi,
I made an image gallery from some tutorial that loads all my jpegs externally. Everything works great, except when I preview it online it takes a while for each jpeg to show up. I'm trying to implement a percentage loader to show how much each jpeg is being loaded when the button is pressed so the users know that there's something happening. I tried to use other codes from other tutorials, but I had no idea how to put them in my particular gallery. Need less to say, it's a mess. Can someone please tell me where to put these general codes in my gallery? I've included the whole working gallery with the .fla in the zip.

Also, does anyone know of a good tutorial that shows loading external jpegs with fade in and and fade out, and shows the progress of the jpegs?

Thanks,
Peter

Loading External Jpegs Into Flash
Hi
i am creating a website for a photographer that has many different Swfs in it and connecting swfs...
i want to add image sliders that load external jpegs. (so he can just add to them without me adding them)
and im having trouble finding script for the right slider...

i have one at the moment
but i have 2 problems with it
1. i have different sized images that i want to load and when i do that they always load to the left corner. so each image position inconsistant, i want each image to load on their centre axis so that each image loads at a centre point. does anyone know how to change that?? i tried moving the imageholder but the images still load at their left axis

2. once i have created my movie slider lets say in fashion.swf
fashion.swf is loaded onto another swf fashionholder.swf

but the images dont show up from fashion.swf. only the buttons it's like its not connecting my images when they are in another SWF.

im stuck and have looked for days and days for some help

thank you in advance