man, i can't thank you enough for your advice on this...

so after debugging. i'm pretty sure that its not the location of the images. but its the location of the XML file relative to the swf. the image location could very well be a problem afterwards, but first, the debugger says it can't find the XML.

inside the flash component there is a field for XML file location. since the XML file and the swf are in the same folder. I have it as location - "images.xml"

as i mentioned, the swf works fine on any html page. as well as, flash player, local, and online. and debug is cool with all of it.

but if i put it anywhere in ZenCart (including EZpages) it says it can't find the XML file in the online debugger.

I actually have tried moving the XML file to all locations on the site (root/site-root etc.) with no change...

hope some of that helps...

here is link to a zip with the XML, SWF, and IMAGES. here