removeChild and reset

[ricosushi]

Hi

i added a child (addChild(myCllip) ) and then i change properties of other movieClips inside it then i remove it.

My problem is that when i addChild it again i remains the same when i removed it.

Its there a way to reset the to the original state of the movieClip when i addit again?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[creatify]

I think you'll either have to reset those properties, manually, after it has been removed (keep in mind that even though its removed from the display list, it still exists in its current state in memory)

or

after removing your clip:
myclip = null;
then when re-adding the clip, create a new instance of it
var myclip:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(myclip);

[rosyTown]

Yeah it's important to remember that removing something from the stage doesn't remove it all together. The object (mc or sprite or whatever) will still reside in memory until it is told explicitly to disappear. To force something out of memory, you must set it to null.

[ricosushi]

it worked for me.

thanks :D

[rajpar3]

Folks

I have the same issue. However, i get the following error message when i do the above:

TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()

[kbowk]

I know this post is old but i'm having the same issue as the post above, anyone have any ideas?