How to unload movie on root from child?

[JamesO]

I'm loading a movie in externally. The external movie has a button to unload itself from the main movie. It loads into _root.calContainer. The button is called xButton. This is the script that's not working:

_this.xButton.onRelease = function() {
_global.calContainer.unloadMovie;
}

I've also tried. _root.calContainer to no avail.

[scotty]

xButton.onRelease = function() {
this._parent.unloadMovie;
}
?

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[JamesO]

Unfortunately that doesn't work. This one's really bugging me... aslandrums.com/yosemite is my mockup so far. If you click the calendar button, you'll see what I'm trying to do. The calendar loads in, and I'd like to unload it when you click the x.

[scotty]

There was a typo in my previous post

xButton.onRelease = function() {
this._parent.unloadMovie();
}
should work if xButton is in the maintimeline of the swf you're loading...

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[JamesO]

It still doesn't. I appreciate the help, bro.

[scotty]

Can you post the fla with the button?

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[scotty]

There were a few things wrong:)
You had the code on the button i/o the frame.
The instance name of the button is xbutton i/o xButton.
And the code I gave should have worked if the button was in the maintimeline, but it is in the calender mc...
So, if you put this on a frame in the calender mc, it works:)

xbutton.onRelease = function() {
this._parent._parent.unloadMovie();
};

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