<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" xmlns:controls="*"
           horizontalCenter="0" top="30">
          
          <mx:HTTPService id="xmlService" result="xmlReceived(event)" method="post" resultFormat="e4x" />
          
          <mx:Script>
                  <![CDATA[
  
                          import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
                          //import com.asfusion.controls.PhotoshowImage;
                          
                          private var _xmlFile:String;
                          
                          
                          public function set xmlfile(value:String):void {
                              //status.text += value;
                                  _xmlFile = value;
                                  //make http request.
                                  getXML();
                                  
                          }
                          
                          private function getXML():void{
                                  xmlService.url=_xmlFile;
                                  // status.text += " send";
                                  xmlService.send();
                          }
                          
                          //function that gets called when the xml file arrives and needs to be parsed. 
                          private function xmlReceived(result:ResultEvent):void{
                                  
                                  xmlSource = XML(result.result);
                                  //status.text += " received";
                          }
                          
                          //public setter for xmlSource. Typically called by xmlReceived when the xml file
                          // has been loaded, but it can be used to set the xml directly
                          public function set xmlSource(xml:XML):void{
                                  var index:int = 0;
                                  var pictures:Array = new Array();
                                  
                                  //status.text += " process";
                                  
                                  for each( var image:XML in xml..image ) {
                                          pictures[index] = new actionscript_application_photoshow_com_asfusion_controls_PhotoshowImage();
                                          pictures[index].name = image.itemName;
                                          pictures[index].caption = image.itemCaption;
                                          pictures[index].width = image.itemWidth;
                                          pictures[index].height = image.itemHeight;
                                          index++;
                                          
                                  }
                                  photoshowContainer.dataProvider = pictures;
                          }
                          
                  ]]>
          </mx:Script>
          
          <controls:actionscript_application_photoshow_com_asfusion_controls_Photoshow  id="photoshowContainer" />
          
  </mx:Canvas>