Snapshot of all parameters:

Parameter
Description / Values
Syntax
dataFile Your data file URL mySlideshow.setDataFile (dataFile)
dataType xml/txt mySlideshow.setDataType (dataType)
pieces number, not very high mySlideshow.setPieces (pieces)
maskStyle none, fade, dissolve, stripesHorz stripesVert, stripeDiag, Sweep1, movieclip, random mySlideshow.setMaskStyle (maskStyle)
removalStyle forward, backward, random, adaptive, random-random mySlideshow.setRemovalStyle (removalStyle)
mcID movieclip linkage identifier mySlideshow.setMcID (mcID)
fadeStep a number between 1 & 100 mySlideshow.setFadeStep (fadeStep)
loop true / false mySlideshow.setLoop (loop)
removalDelay time delay between piece removal mySlideshow.setRemovalDelay (removalDelay)
playMode forward, backward, random mySlideshow.setPlayMode (playMode)
loadHandler handler function triggered when a file is loaded mySlideshow.setLoadHandler (func, path)
stripeH preloader stripe height (a number) mySlideshow.preloader.setHeight
dockTo top / bottom mySlideshow.preloader.setDock
fontFace font face mySlideshow.preloader.setFontFace
fontSize font size mySlideshow.preloader.setFontSize
fontColor font color mySlideshow.preloader.setFontColor
fillColor preloader stripe color mySlideshow.preloader.setFillColor
faceColor Easy slideshow start face color not needed
embedFonts true / false not needed
showBytes true/ false mySlideshow.preloader.setShowBytes

How To create the data file:
You can load 2 types of data files into the Easy slideshow component, namely xml and text. These files can come from any server-side scripting language as well. The data file contains the following information:
1. totalFiles in the file list
2. currentFile (first file) to load into the slideshow.
3. total attributes of each file. (URL attribute is necessary)
4. URL attribute indicates the location of that file. If relative, it should correspond to the location of the slideshow movie.
5. Other attributes of each individual file, like title, description, etc.

Structure of the XML dataFile:
The basic structure of the xml file should be: 

<files totalfiles="2" currentFile="2"> 
 <attributes total="1"> 
  <attribute>URL</attribute> 
 </attributes> 
 <file num="1"> 
  <URL>myImage1.jpg</URL> 
 </file>
 <file num="2">
  <URL>myImage2.jpg</URL> 
 </file> 
</files>

This file indicates that, there are 2 files in the file list and each file has one attribute of name "URL". Also each file element has the corresponding "num" attribute that indicates the number of that file in the file list. Also note currentFile attribute is "2", indicating that the slideshow should load the 2nd file first. The location of the individual file is given by the respective URL elements of the file element,
i.e.:- myImage1.jpg and myImage2.jpg.

Structure of the Txt dataFile:
We use &br= as a pseudo line break to display the data better.
The basic structure of the data file should be 

&totalFiles=2&br=
&currentFile=2&br= 
&totalAttributes=1&br=
&attribute1=URL&br=

&file1URL=myImage1.jpg&br=
&file2URL=myImage2.jpg

This file indicates simply indicates
totalFiles = 2,
currentFile = 2,
totalAttributes = 1
attribute1 = "URL"

Here we name the first attribute as "attribute1" itself. Similarly, we provide the URL of the first file as file1URL (as in file + num + attributeName). If we had another attribute say, title, we would say, file1Title respectively.