SlideShowPro News

05.15.05 | SlideShowPro 1.0.8 Released

Version 1.0.8 of SlideShowPro is now available and is a free update for all 1.0 purchasers. New features include the optional looping of MP3s, more control over the pausing of MP3s when a slide show stops and starts, a completely revised property for how SlideShowPro behaves when reaching the final image in an album, and a solution for one of the most popular user requests -- third party buttons.

Lots of people have asked if it was possible to replace the navigational icons in SlideShowPro with their own, or modify the navigation layout in countless different ways. Because this would have added all kinds of complexity to the component (and thus a larger file size) I decided it was best to simply offer the programatic hooks to make custom interfaces possible. I created a "Custom navigation" demo that shows this at work. The buttons are simply movie clips in the parent movie containing SlideShowPro, and they operate completely outside of the component space. "Show Navigation" has been set to "False," but the gallery window is now available independently.

For information on how to setup your own buttons, see the new "Enhancements - Custom Navigation" section in the updated User Guide that's part of the download or by itself here.

For more detailed information about what's new in 1.0.8, read the updated version history. Enjoy!