That would be the best of all solutions.
On 9/10/07, Muzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> var num:Number = 10;
> var refs:Array = new Array();
>
> function createClips() {
> for(var i=0; i<num; i++) {
> var mc:MovieClip = createEmptyMovieClip("dummy"+i, getNextHighestDepth());
> refs.push(mc);
> }
> trace(refs.length);
> }
>
> function removeClips() {
> for(var i=0; i<num; i++){
> refs.pop().removeMovieClip();
> }
> trace(refs.length);
> }
>
> createClips();
> removeClips();
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Omar Fouad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 1:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How do you delete child movieclips?
>
>
> > If i get your explanation you are going to index the instance name of
> each
> > childMc inside an array, to later delete mcArray[0],
> mcArray[1],mcArray[2]
> > and so on as in:
> >
> > mcArray[0] = mc1.mc2;
> > and so on...
> >
> > in this case try:
> >
> > unloadMovie(mcArray[0]); // will delete the mc2 inside mc1
> >
> >
> > Note that this will remove the movieclip visually only, so you'll have
> to
> > add a delete statement after it as:
> >
> > //let's assume you have a button that does it
> >
> > mcArray = [];
> > mcArray[0] = mc1.mc2;
> >
> > but.onRelease = function () {
> > unloadMovie(mcArray[0]);
> > trace(mcArray[0]); // traces _level0.mc1.mc2
> > delete mcArray[0]; // deletes the movieClip referred to the array
> > index 0, not the value of the array element itself!
> > trace(mcArray[0]); // traces undefined.
> > }
> >
> > hope this helps...
> >
> > cheers
>
>
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