function runSlideShows()
{
runSlideShow();
}


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// Set slideShowSpeed (milliseconds)
var slideShowSpeed = 10000;
// Duration of crossfade (seconds)
var crossFadeDuration = 2;
// Specify the image files
var Pic = new Array();
// to add more images, just continue
// the pattern, adding to the array below

Pic[0] = 'houses0.jpg'
Pic[1] = 'terrace_housing3.jpg'
Pic[2] = 'newhouses1.jpg'



// do not edit anything below this line
var t;
var j = 0;
var p = Pic.length;
var preLoad = new Array();

for (i = 0; i < p; i++)
{
preLoad[i] = new Image();
preLoad[i].src = Pic[i];
}


function runSlideShow()
{

if (document.all) 
{
document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=5000)";
document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=crossFadeDuration)";
document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Apply();
}

document.images.SlideShow.src = preLoad[j].src;

if (document.all) 
{
document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Play();
}

j = j + 1;
if (j > (p - 1)) j = 0;
t = setTimeout('runSlideShow()', slideShowSpeed);

}