AutoViewer can be customized by setting the following options.
Modify XML Options by editing gallery.xml in any text editor. The XML options are found at the top of the file as attributes of the 'gallery' tag.
Option Name | Default Value | Description |
frameColor | 0xFFFFFF | Color of image frame (hexadecimal color value e.g "0xff00ff"). |
frameWidth | 10 | Width of image frame in pixels. |
imagePadding | 20 | Distance between images in pixels. |
displayTime | 6 | Number of seconds each image will display in auto-play mode. |
enableRightClickOpen | false | Whether to display the "Open Image in New Window..." right-click menu option. |
Modify HTML Options by editing the HTML file that contains AutoViewer in any text editor. HTML options are set with JavaScript in this format:
fo.addVariable("xmlURL", "gallerydata.xml");
The first parameter is the name of the option. The second parameter is the required value. Both parameters require quotation marks.
Option Name | Default Value | Description |
xmlURL | "gallery.xml" | Relative or absolute URL of the gallery XML file. Relative paths are relative to the HTML page that contains the swf. |
langOpenImage | "Open Image in New Window" | The text displayed for the right-click 'Open Image in New Window' menu option. Can be used to translate AutoViewer into a non-English language. |
langAbout | "About" | The text displayed for the right-click 'About' menu option. Can be used to translate AutoViewer into a non-English language. |
These options are supported by AutoViewer-Pro only. These options are modified by editing the Options.as file, then republising your SWF. For instructions on how to do this, check here.
Option Name | Default Value | Description |
playAtStart | false | Defines whether to automatically start playing. |
loopAutoplay | true | Defines whether to loop to first image after showing last image |
enableImageDownScaling | true | Defines whether images are resized smaller to fit stage |
enableImageUpScaling | false | Defines whether images are resized larger to fit stage |
leftAlignImages | false | Defines whether to left align the first image |
preloadAllImages | true | Defines whether to preload all the images automatically (true), or to load images only when they are viewed (false). |
unselectedBrightness | -120 | Brightness applied to unselected images (-255 = black, 255 = white) |
initialBrightness | -255 | Brightness applied to first image when loaded (-255 = black, 255 = white) |
useSmoothing | true | Whether to smooth resized images. Setting this to true improves image quality but uses more CPU resources. If you have a large gallery that is running slowly, setting this to false may help. |
enablePlayButton | true | Defines whether to enable the Play Button |
enableArrowButtons | true | Defines whether to enable the Next/Back Buttons |
hideControlsOnRollOut | true | Defines whether to hide buttons on mouse roll out |
controlsHPadding | 0 | Horizontal padding between next/back buttons and stage edge in pixels |
controlsVPadding | 10 | Vertical padding between play button and stage bottom in pixels |
showCaptions | true | Defines whether to show Image Captions |
showImageNumbers | true | Defines whether to show Image Numbers |
imageNumberFontSize | 20 | Font size of image number text |
imageNumberColor | #FFFFFF | Image Number Hex color value |
captionPadding | 20 | Padding between captions and image edge in pixels |
XMLPath | gallery.xml | Relative or absolute path to XML file. This value is overriden by 'xmlURL' in HTML option). |
slideAnimationLength | 20 | Tween length in frames |
colorFadeAnimationLength | 30 | Tween length in frames |