Ultimate slideshow - external array?

[xld]

1) Script Title:
Ultimate Fade-In Slideshow (v1.5)

2) Script URL (on DD):
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex14/fadeinslideshow.htm

3) Describe problem:


Hello!

First off, this is an awesome script. However I ran into a problem with the new version of it. I've used an old one on this site: www.viefoto.se
The thing is, I modified it a bit. Since I don't know what I'm doing, it probably looks awful for someone who does. But it worked. Until now. Someone surfed in on the site with IE7 and the slideshow disappears when a menu item is clicked. I'm just guessing this is some IE7 thing because it works fine in all other browsers.

Here's the deal. I'd like to upgrade to the new version of the script, but it's a obviously a bit too advanced for me to mess around with. I tried to modify it so it would work like the previous one did, but I can't get it to work.

Here is what I want to do:
The images is stored in a list, seperated by spaces, in an external txt file. This is so it can be loaded into multiple pages and easily updated for someone who knows even less then me (try to imagine that!) about how it works. What I did with the previous script was to make the array one dimensional by cutting out the multidimensional stuff not needed anyway. At least, this is what I would like to believe I did. This is how it looks:


<script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Ultimate Fade-In Slideshow: © Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
***********************************************/


var slideshow_width='375px'
var slideshow_height='250px'
var pause=5000

var str='<!--#include virtual="/slide/slide.txt" -->'
var fadeimages=new Array()
fadeimages = str.split(" ");




////scriptet/////////////

var preloadedimages=new Array()
for (p=0;p<fadeimages.length;p++){
preloadedimages[p]=new Image()
preloadedimages[p].src=fadeimages[p]
}

var ie4=document.all
var dom=document.getElementById

if (ie4||dom)
document.write('<div style="position:relative;width:'+slideshow_width+';height:'+slideshow_height+';overflow:hidden; border: 5px solid black"><div id="canvas0" style="position:absolute;width:'+slideshow_width+';height:'+slideshow_height+';top:0;left:0;filter:alpha(opacity=10);-moz-opacity:10"></div><div id="canvas1" style="position:absolute;width:'+slideshow_width+';height:'+slideshow_height+';top:0;left:0;filter:alpha(opacity=10);-moz-opacity:10;visibility: hidden"></div></div>')
else
document.write('<img name="defaultslide" src="'+fadeimages[0]+'">')

var curpos=10
var degree=10
var curcanvas="canvas0"
var curimageindex=0
var nextimageindex=1

function fadepic(){
if (curpos<100){
curpos+=10
if (tempobj.filters)
tempobj.filters.alpha.opacity=curpos
else if (tempobj.style.MozOpacity)
tempobj.style.MozOpacity=curpos/101
}
else{
clearInterval(dropslide)
nextcanvas=(curcanvas=="canvas0")? "canvas0" : "canvas1"
tempobj=ie4? eval("document.all."+nextcanvas) : document.getElementById(nextcanvas)
tempobj.innerHTML=insertimage(nextimageindex)
nextimageindex=(nextimageindex<fadeimages.length-1)? nextimageindex+1 : 0
var tempobj2=ie4? eval("document.all."+nextcanvas) : document.getElementById(nextcanvas)
tempobj2.style.visibility="hidden"
setTimeout("rotateimage()",pause)
}
}

function insertimage(i){
var tempcontainer='<img src="'+fadeimages[i]+'" border="0">'
return tempcontainer
}

function rotateimage(){
if (ie4||dom){
resetit(curcanvas)
var crossobj=tempobj=ie4? eval("document.all."+curcanvas) : document.getElementById(curcanvas)
crossobj.style.zIndex++
tempobj.style.visibility="visible"
var temp='setInterval("fadepic()",50)'
dropslide=eval(temp)
curcanvas=(curcanvas=="canvas0")? "canvas1" : "canvas0"
}
else
document.images.defaultslide.src=fadeimages[curimageindex][0]
curimageindex=(curimageindex<fadeimages.length-1)? curimageindex+1 : 0
}

function resetit(what){
curpos=10
var crossobj=ie4? eval("document.all."+what) : document.getElementById(what)
if (crossobj.filters)
crossobj.filters.alpha.opacity=curpos
else if (crossobj.style.MozOpacity)
crossobj.style.MozOpacity=curpos/101
}

function startit(){
var crossobj=ie4? eval("document.all."+curcanvas) : document.getElementById(curcanvas)
crossobj.innerHTML=insertimage(curimageindex)
rotateimage()
}

if (ie4||dom)
window.onload=startit
else
setInterval("rotateimage()",pause)

</script>

The slide.txt file looks like this:

slide/slide1.jpg slide/slide2.jpg slide/slide3.jpg....etc
= the files seperated by spaces.

[xld]

Now, I tried to do the same with the new script. But it won't work. I tried to cut out the multidimensional stuff (link and target), also the border thing. But as it's not displaying I obviously screwed up. This is how it looks:



<script type="text/javascript">
/***********************************************
* Ultimate Fade-In Slideshow (v1.5): © Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
***********************************************/


var str='<!--#include virtual="/test/slide.txt" -->'
var fadeimages=new Array()
fadeimages = str.split(" ");



var fadebgcolor="white"

////NO need to edit beyond here/////////////

var fadearray=new Array() //array to cache fadeshow instances
var fadeclear=new Array() //array to cache corresponding clearinterval pointers

var dom=(document.getElementById) //modern dom browsers
var iebrowser=document.all

function fadeshow(theimages, fadewidth, fadeheight, delay, pause, displayorder){
this.pausecheck=pause
this.mouseovercheck=0
this.delay=delay
this.degree=10 //initial opacity degree (10%)
this.curimageindex=0
this.nextimageindex=1
fadearray[fadearray.length]=this
this.slideshowid=fadearray.length-1
this.canvasbase="canvas"+this.slideshowid
this.curcanvas=this.canvasbase+"_0"
if (typeof displayorder!="undefined")
theimages.sort(function() {return 0.5 - Math.random();}) //thanks to Mike (aka Mwinter) :)
this.theimages=theimages
this.postimages=new Array() //preload images
for (p=0;p<theimages.length;p++){
this.postimages[p]=new Image()
this.postimages[p].src=theimages[p]
}

var fadewidth=fadewidth
var fadeheight=fadeheight

if (iebrowser&&dom||dom) //if IE5+ or modern browsers (ie: Firefox)
document.write('<div id="master'+this.slideshowid+'" style="position:relative;width:'+fadewidth+'px;height:'+fadeheight+'px;overflow:hidden;"><div id="'+this.canvasbase+'_0" style="position:absolute;width:'+fadewidth+'px;height:'+fadeheight+'px;top:0;left:0;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity=10);-moz-opacity:10;-khtml-opacity:10;background-color:'+fadebgcolor+'"></div><div id="'+this.canvasbase+'_1" style="position:absolute;width:'+fadewidth+'px;height:'+fadeheight+'px;top:0;left:0;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity=10);-moz-opacity:10;background-color:'+fadebgcolor+'"></div></div>')
else
document.write('<div><img name="defaultslide'+this.slideshowid+'" src="'+this.postimages[0].src+'"></div>')

if (iebrowser&&dom||dom) //if IE5+ or modern browsers such as Firefox
this.startit()
else{
this.curimageindex++
setInterval("fadearray["+this.slideshowid+"].rotateimage()", this.delay)
}
}

function fadepic(obj){
if (obj.degree<100){
obj.degree+=10
if (obj.tempobj.filters&&obj.tempobj.filters[0]){
if (typeof obj.tempobj.filters[0].opacity=="number") //if IE6+
obj.tempobj.filters[0].opacity=obj.degree
else //else if IE5.5-
obj.tempobj.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+obj.degree+")"
}
else if (obj.tempobj.style.MozOpacity)
obj.tempobj.style.MozOpacity=obj.degree/101
else if (obj.tempobj.style.KhtmlOpacity)
obj.tempobj.style.KhtmlOpacity=obj.degree/100
}
else{
clearInterval(fadeclear[obj.slideshowid])
obj.nextcanvas=(obj.curcanvas==obj.canvasbase+"_0")? obj.canvasbase+"_0" : obj.canvasbase+"_1"
obj.tempobj=iebrowser? iebrowser[obj.nextcanvas] : document.getElementById(obj.nextcanvas)
obj.populateslide(obj.tempobj, obj.nextimageindex)
obj.nextimageindex=(obj.nextimageindex<obj.postimages.length-1)? obj.nextimageindex+1 : 0
setTimeout("fadearray["+obj.slideshowid+"].rotateimage()", obj.delay)
}
}

fadeshow.prototype.populateslide=function(picobj, picindex){
var slideHTML=""
slideHTML+='<img src="'+this.postimages[picindex].src+'">'
picobj.innerHTML=slideHTML
}


fadeshow.prototype.rotateimage=function(){
if (this.pausecheck==1) //if pause onMouseover enabled, cache object
var cacheobj=this
if (this.mouseovercheck==1)
setTimeout(function(){cacheobj.rotateimage()}, 100)
else if (iebrowser&&dom||dom){
this.resetit()
var crossobj=this.tempobj=iebrowser? iebrowser[this.curcanvas] : document.getElementById(this.curcanvas)
crossobj.style.zIndex++
fadeclear[this.slideshowid]=setInterval("fadepic(fadearray["+this.slideshowid+"])",50)
this.curcanvas=(this.curcanvas==this.canvasbase+"_0")? this.canvasbase+"_1" : this.canvasbase+"_0"
}
else{
var ns4imgobj=document.images['defaultslide'+this.slideshowid]
ns4imgobj.src=this.postimages[this.curimageindex].src
}
this.curimageindex=(this.curimageindex<this.postimages.length-1)? this.curimageindex+1 : 0
}

fadeshow.prototype.resetit=function(){
this.degree=10
var crossobj=iebrowser? iebrowser[this.curcanvas] : document.getElementById(this.curcanvas)
if (crossobj.filters&&crossobj.filters[0]){
if (typeof crossobj.filters[0].opacity=="number") //if IE6+
crossobj.filters(0).opacity=this.degree
else //else if IE5.5-
crossobj.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+this.degree+")"
}
else if (crossobj.style.MozOpacity)
crossobj.style.MozOpacity=this.degree/101
else if (crossobj.style.KhtmlOpacity)
crossobj.style.KhtmlOpacity=obj.degree/100
}


fadeshow.prototype.startit=function(){
var crossobj=iebrowser? iebrowser[this.curcanvas] : document.getElementById(this.curcanvas)
this.populateslide(crossobj, this.curimageindex)
if (this.pausecheck==1){ //IF SLIDESHOW SHOULD PAUSE ONMOUSEOVER
var cacheobj=this
var crossobjcontainer=iebrowser? iebrowser["master"+this.slideshowid] : document.getElementById("master"+this.slideshowid)
crossobjcontainer.onmouseover=function(){cacheobj.mouseovercheck=1}
crossobjcontainer.onmouseout=function(){cacheobj.mouseovercheck=0}
}
this.rotateimage()
}

</script></head>
<body bgcolor=#3b3b3b>

<!-- MAIN IMAGE AREA -->

<script type="text/javascript">
//new fadeshow(IMAGES_ARRAY_NAME, slideshow_width, slideshow_height , delay, pause (0=no, 1=yes), optionalRandomOrder)
new fadeshow(fadeimages, 375px, 250px, 5000, 1, "R")
</script>



Any ideas? Sorry for mutilating this script! Any help appreciated!


/Fred

[jscheuer1]

As long as the script has a valid array containing images that exist and that is named as indicated in the call(s) in the body of the page, it will work. I would suggest not removing any dimensions of the array unless you also edit the script to not look for them. The way the script is written it expects to see all three dimensions but will ignore those that are represented by empty quotes.

One of the best ways to diagnose something like this is to get FF with the developer's extension and examine the generated code. With an include though, just examining the source code in any browser should reveal if you have a valid array or not.

[xld]

I hacked together a small loop that creates the array needed from the same external textfile. If anyone else wants it, this is the piece of code I replaced the array with:


var str='<!--#include virtual="/slide/slide.txt" -->'

var tempfade=new Array()
tempfade = str.split(" ");

var fadeimages = new Array()

var i1 = tempfade.length
fadeimages.length = i1

var i2 = 0

while (i2<i1)
{
fadeimages[i2]=[tempfade[i2],"",""]
i2=i2+1
}

Delete the stuff from the top down to the fadebackground colour var. Thanks!