Photo Reel

This applet grabs images using an xml file and displays them in a photo reel form, with a slider that reacts to the mouse's y position. Each image is shown as a thumbnail on the reel, and a seperate image can be used as the thumbnail. A caption for each image is shown as well.
Example html code for the applet:
<object data="47-photoreel.swf?xmlfile=photoreel.xml" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="320">
<param name="movie" value="47-photoreel.swf?xmlfile=photoreel.xml"/>
</object>
You can add the code <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> just before </object> to make the background color transparent.
Example format for the xml file:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<images>
<image><thumb>http://www.somesite.com/image1thumb.gif</thumb><caption>Caption for Pic 1</caption><pic>http://www.somesite.com/image1.jpg</pic></image>
<image><thumb>http://www.somesite.com/image2thumb.png</thumb><caption>Caption for Pic 2</caption><pic>http://www.somesite.com/image2.gif</pic></image>
<image><thumb>http://www.somesite.com/image3thumb.jpg</thumb><caption>Caption for Pic 3</caption><pic>http://www.somesite.com/image3.png</pic></image>
</images>

The source code, built swf, and demo xml file are available below:

Download the Source File
Download the Built swf File
Download the Example xml File