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George Reith
George Reith

Reputation: 13476

AS2: removeMovieClip() not working

So I duplicate a MovieClip that is on the Stage and created through the IDE like so:

duplicateMovieClip(timeData, "nextTimeData", timeData._parent.getNextHighestDepth());

This works great, but when I go to delete the MovieClip like so:

trace(timeData);
removeMovieClip(timeData);
trace(timeData);
trace(nextTimeData);

It refuses to be deleted and trace(timeData) outputs _level0.timeData before and after removeMovieClip(timeData)

Why would this be happening?

EDIT: According to the answers and the flash documentation MovieClips created in the IDE have a negative depth and removeMovieClip() silently fails in removing MovieClips with a negative depth.

So I am now attaching timeData from the library like so:

attachMovie("timeData", "timeData", this.getNextHighestDepth());
timeData._x = 530;
timeData._y = 492.5;

However it is showing the same behaviour.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7191

Answers (4)

Bangkokian
Bangkokian

Reputation: 6644

It sounds like you created your movieclip using the IDE (Flash environment).

NOTE: Movieclips created using the IDE actually have negative depths by default.

removeMovieClip will only remove clips at positive depths.

If you want to delete your movieclip that you positioned using the IDE, you'll need to first use swapDepths to bring your movieclip into "positive" depths. After that, you should be able to remove it no problem.

Upvotes: 1

robertp
robertp

Reputation: 3642

YES, there is a way:

in the IDE click on the MovieClip instance, and put this code in the AS panel:

onClipEvent(load)
{
    this.swapDepths(0);
    this.removeMovieClip();
}

to be able to use removeMovieClip() on an instance it needs to have a proper depth, that's why you need to set the depth first. Bang, magic :)

Of course you can use this code and alter it, so you can control this movieClip from other instances or timelines.

Cheers, Rob

Upvotes: 3

Cobold
Cobold

Reputation: 1

In AS2 object created through IDE cannot be removed by removeMovieClip. That's said in official as2 help. But duplicated one can be removed with this function. You'd better take your timeData from the library using code, not manually

Upvotes: -1

evilpenguin
evilpenguin

Reputation: 5478

You cannot remove a MovieClip that you created by hand from the IDE using removeMovieClip():

Removes a movie clip instance created with duplicateMovieClip(), MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip(), MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip(), or MovieClip.attachMovie().

From http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS2LCR/Flash_10.0/help.html?content=00001349.html

You could remove nextTimeData this way, but you'll never be able to remove timeData unless you create it from AS as well.

Upvotes: 0

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