Hi Steve, This is because of timing. You are trying to remove an object which has not completed its addChild actions.
Hence its not getting the instance when removing. Warm Regards Deepanjan Das W: http://deepanjandas.wordpress.com || Om Manasamarthadata Shri Aniruddhaya Namah ||<http://www.manasamarthyadata.com/> *Think of the environment before printing this email __________________________________________________________________________ * On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Steve Abaffy <st...@msmarketing.biz>wrote: > Hello, > > > > Why doesn't this work?? > > > > In the same function > > Var Mort:movieClip = new Mort(); > > addChild(Mort); > > removeChild(Mort); > > I get this error > > The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders