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Anriëtte Myburgh
Anriëtte Myburgh

Reputation: 13517

Flash + AS2 = Unload a movieclip itself when it is clicked

I have a movieclip which unloads two other movieclips when it is clicked. This bit works fine, but it should also remove itself after this, which particularly does not work. Here is my code, can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong:

close_button.onRelease = function() {
 background.unloadMovie();
 loading.unloadMovie();
 this.unloadMovie();
}

Regards and TIA

// edit

Here is the code I create the movieclips:

// load background, movieclip container (loading) and close button
var background:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie("mc_back","loading_background", 100000);
var loading:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("loading",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
var close_button:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie("close_button","close_button",_root.getNextHighestDepth());

I tried:

this._parent.close_button.unloadMovie(); // it removed the whole _root movieclip, as _root is the parent

and

_parent.close_button.unloadMovie(); // did just nothing

Both failed.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 14071

Answers (3)

biweevil
biweevil

Reputation: 11

a movieclip can not unload it's self because it cannot read a code that is not there so it does not unload in the first place.

Upvotes: 1

victor hugo
victor hugo

Reputation: 35838

Try

close_button.onRelease = function() {
    background.unloadMovie();
    loading.unloadMovie();

    this.removeMovieClip();  // This 'removes' the movie clip
                             // which is the closest to 'unload'

}

Upvotes: 0

Alex Jillard
Alex Jillard

Reputation: 2832

In the event handler, 'this' would refer to close_button, not the main movie. All you need to do is either declare a variable equal to this outside of the close button onRelease handler, or try this.parent.unloadMovie() (assuming the parent of the close button is the movie you're trying to remove).

Upvotes: 0

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