How do you Randomly display images in Director?

[bum]

I would like to use Director to create a simple menu screen that drills down to four to six different sections or chapters. Each section randomly displays images for a fixed length of time, i.e., image 1 comes up for 30 seconds, fades and image 2 comes up, fades, etc. I would like the sections to reference independent directories where the user can place his/her images in. In essence, there would be a directory for each section.

Is there anyone who could tell me how to get started on this or lend me some suggestions? I have Director version 6.0.

-bum

 

[Horrid]

var listoffiles= []
repeat with x = 1 to 100000000
if getNthFileNameinFolder(the moviepath, x) <> &quot;&quot; then
add(listoffiles, getNthFileNameinFolder(the moviepath, x))
end if
end repeat

that generates a list of the files in the folder (replace moviepath with the folder your interested in)

then just do
member(&quot;thegraphicmemberyouuse&quot.filename = listoffiles[random(listoffiles.count)]
note: code not tested, checked or syntex guaranteed correct, but it should get you started in the correct direction.