Removing a MC

[Pissed_Peasant]

I hate to ask somthing like this but my searchs keep coming up empty and I'm clean out of ideas.

How can I remove MCs?

[expensive_pen]

removeMovieClip();

[Krilnon]

MovieClip.removeMovieClip()
Edit: Didn't see pen's response...

You can use MovieClipLoader.unloadClip() if you originally used MovieClipLoader.loadClip() to load it.

MovieClip.unloadMovie() essentially empties the contents of of container MC.

[Pissed_Peasant]

Well I was doing the right thing then. It just doesn't seem to want to work.

mcName.removeMovieClip();
Doesn't work.


removeMovieClip(mcName);
Also doesn't work.

I'm positive I got all the paths right, and the condition works.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your time.

[Limitlis]

are the MC names correct? i think flash is really case Sensitive.

Maybe post your files

[expensive_pen]

yeah i think you have to have creted the MC dynamically to use removeMovieClip()
not sure if your MC is. but im not sure to remove a regular mc. i have an idea though.
ahh yes it worked, but its ugly, and there is probably a more elegant solution...

what you have to do, it create another movieclip in the same depth as the one you are attempting to remove. if the movieclip you are trying to remove is named mc you could write

createEmptyMovieClip("new_empty_movieclip", mc.getDepth());

its a gross hack; but it works. i hope someone presents a better solution

[expensive_pen]

i thought of a more elegant solution!

mc.swapDepths(getNextHighestDepth());
removeMovieClip(mc);

[stringy]

i thought of a more elegant solution!

mc.swapDepths(getNextHighestDepth());
removeMovieClip(mc);
swapDepths() is the answer, but you need to swap to a positive depth.
i don`t use 2004 but i assume getNextHighestDepth() will not necessarily give that.

mc.swapDepths(999);
mc.removeMovieClip();

[Smee]

Actually it does :)



MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth()

Availability

Flash Player 7.

Usage

my_mc.getNextHighestDepth() Parameters

None.

Returns

An integer that reflects the next available depth index that would render above all other objects on the same level and layer within my_mc.

Description

Method; lets you determine a depth value that you can pass to MovieClip.attachMovie() (http://12_ASD376.html#678192), MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip() (http://12_ASD385.html#240497), or MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip() (http://12_ASD380.html#240323) to ensure that Flash renders the movie clip in front of all other objects on the same level and layer in the current movie clip. The value returned is 0 or higher (that is, negative numbers are not returned).

For more information, see Managing movie clip depths (http://../ActionScriptReference/07_movieclips14.html#122014).

See also

MovieClip.getDepth() (http://12_ASD394.html#240651), MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth() (http://12_ASD395.html#1424318), MovieClip.swapDepths() (http://12_ASD445.html#241673)
Hint: The links don't work, I copied this from the help inside flash :P

[Pissed_Peasant]

i thought of a more elegant solution!
ActionScript:
mc.swapDepths(getNextHighestDepth());
removeMovieClip(mc);




Yep that worked well. Thank you very much.