[rome]

I created a script to load a picture slider using an XML database to load the pictures. Does anyone know how to create a dynamic preloader that will reveal the pictures once all of them have fully loaded? The code is written below:

Code:

xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("food.xml");
/////////////////////////////////////
function loadXML(loaded) {
	if (loaded) {
		xmlNode = this.firstChild;
		image = [];
		widths = [];
		totalwidths = [];
		totalwidths[0] = 0;
		piclocation = [];
		total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
		for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
			image[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
			widths[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
		}
		for (i=0, count=0, j=1; i<total; i++, j++) {
			y = widths[i] - 0;
			count = count+ y + 3;
			totalwidths[j] = count;
		}
		loadimages();
	} 
};
function loadimages() {
	widths = [];
	var totalwidth = 0;
	for (i=0;i<total; i++) {
		var picref = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container"+i,i);
		picref.loadMovie(image[i]);
	}
	setLocation();
};
function setLocation() {
	for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
		var contain = "container"+i;
		setProperty (contain,_x,totalwidths[i]);		
	} 
};
////////////////// button functions
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
	var rightposition = (700 - 344 - totalwidths[total]);
	if (_root.nav.contents._x >= -344) {
		tellTarget ("_level0.nav.scroller.scroll_right") {
			gotoAndStop(1);
			enabled = false;
		}
	} else {
		tellTarget ("_level0.nav.scroller.scroll_right") {
			enabled = true;
		}
	}
	if (_root.nav.contents._x <= rightposition) {
		tellTarget ("_level0.nav.scroller.scroll_left") {
			gotoAndStop(1);
			enabled = false;
		}
	} else {
		tellTarget ("_level0.nav.scroller.scroll_left") {
			enabled = true;
		}
	}

};

[Jiggie]

Hi!
I assume that the image Array contains all the url to the image ...
well, if u hav these, u can make a loop to load all image. u can use MovieClipLoader Class to load the image then if done, loop again to load the next image.