This is a dynamic image viewer that can count files in a folder based on a sequence of images (1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, etc.). It determines the max number of images in a folder based on the last image it can load. If you want to add a new image, just create it with the next number? in line (i.e. 4.jpg) and it will detect it. There’s quite a bit of different things you can do with this… I’ve added a simple slideshow button as an example. Check out the demo or download source? (Flash !

Some background on this viewer:?

I’ve been wanting an image viewer that doesn’t require a whole lot of work to add new images to, with just using Actionscript.? Our primary options for a dynamic viewer? (at least to my knowledge) are:?

• XML: XML is great, but you need to upload it and the image. Benefit is that you can change the order of images pretty easily.
• LoadVars: Same as XML, two files to update.
• Variables: Same as XML, two files to update.
• PHP/ASP/JSP: Works great - you could get a file list, load it into an array and you’re set. Problem with this is that it is server dependent and doesn’t work on all servers - limited support available. This is my problem.

So, I decided to put something together that will do the trick. The only catch - your files must be in a sequence (1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, etc.). And, it takes a bit of time for it to detect how many files are in the folder — I could probably optimize this some more for larger file archives, but it’s fast enough for me for now

- Jacob

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