I dont really have a name (myButton). Objects are added to a container at run-time.
--- In [email protected], "Manish Jethani" <manish.jeth...@...> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:22 AM, markgoldin_2000 > <markgoldin_2...@...> wrote: > > How do I remove children from a container in order to completely > > destroy them? Will removeAllChildren do the job? > > To remove an object visually, you'll have to remove it from the > "display list" by calling removeChild or removeChildAt on its parent. > > Your code might still have references to the object. To really make > sure that the object is no longer accessible and therefore eligible > for garbage collection, you'll have to release all references to it. > For example, if a variable myButton which is a private member of your > Applciation points to a Button instance you create somewhere, you'll > have to null out that reference. > > someContainer.removeChild(myButton); > myButton = null; > > Manish >
