This user guide is a complete, top-to-bottom overview of how SlideShowPro for Flash works. The first section, "Interface," walks you through all the interface elements in SlideShowPro for Flash; covering everything from dimensions to style and the many available options. The second section, "Content Creation and Loading," provides instructions on how to independently construct an XML file, create slideshow content, and other tasks. The third section, "Embedding," provides instructions for embedding your published SWF in your own HTML documents.

If you're in a hurry and would like to build a slideshow right now, jump over to the Quick Start section. It offers a lightning-fast walkthrough on how to build a slideshow, right now, in just a few minutes.

But if you're planning on loading a fair amount of content, or visually customizing the component, it's advised you stay here and follow along to obtain an understanding of how the component operates before taking the time to create content. It'll pay off - promise!

Here are the typographical conventions you can expect so see:

Parameter name
Indicates parameter names that are assigned to SlideShowPro for Flash in Flash's Component Inspector panel. They are formatted like so: HEADER TITLE / Parameter. This style will also be used (sporadically) for typographical emphasis.

Constant width
Used for samples of XML, JavaScript, ActionScript, and other programatic code.

(AS2) / (AS3)
These are appended to any parameter values that are different in the ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3 versions of the component.