Build a Flash Photo Gallery Part 1: Read XML file in Flash
Want to create a photo album for your website? This tutorial uses ActionScript to create a Flash photo album. The photos are stored externally and neatly organized using XML. Support for XML is one nice feature of ActionScript. No need to use DOM methods to traverse the XML file. Directly access XML content through tag names and attributes.
This is a 1 part series of articles:
- Part 1: Use ActionScript to read an XML file
- Part 2: Build a Photo Detail View and Slide Show
- Part 3: Build a Scrollable MovieClip
This tutorial describes how to use ActionScript to read an XML file and create thumbnails. SimplePhotoBox is a Flash application that reads XML and image files exported from Picasa and displays a professional looking Photo Gallery and Slide Show.