remove XML loaded items

[cristi_b_1]

Hi everybody, I hope you all had a great Christmas
I have a small problem and hope somebody could guide me

Here is the code for the XML

videosXML.onLoad = function(loaded) {
    if (loaded) {
        var linknameVid:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
        for (n=0; n<linknameVid.length; n++) {

            videoThumb.push(linknameVid[n].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
            videoTitle.push(linknameVid[n].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue);
            videoCopy.push(linknameVid[n].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue);
            videoInfo.push(linknameVid[n].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue);
            loadvideo.push(linknameVid[n].childNodes[4].attributes.video);
            loadimage.push(linknameVid[n].childNodes[4].attributes.image);
            videoWidth.push(linknameVid[n].childNodes[4].attributes.videoWidth);
            videoHeight.push(linknameVid[n].childNodes[4].attributes.videoHeight);

            video_menu.attachMovie("videos_btn","vdb"+n, video_menu.getNextHighestDepth());

//positioning the thumbnails

            video_menu["vdb"+n]._y = sPosY;
            video_menu["vdb"+n]._x = sPosX;
            sPosX = sPosX+btnWV;

            video_menu["vdb"+(n)].video_title.text = (videoTitle[n]);
            video_menu["vdb"+(n)].video_copy.text = (videoCopy[n]);
            
        }
    } else {
        trace("error");
    }
} 

What code should I add to a button to remove the ["vdb"+n] items that are attached to the video_menu empty movieclip (that were attached in the XML onLoad function)?
Thank you so much, and a HAPPY NEW YEAR

[a_modified_dog]

// create the array outside of the function to open the scope -

linknameVid = new Array();

videosXML.onLoad = function(loaded) { 
    if (loaded) { 
linknameVid = this.firstChild.childNodes; 
len = linknameVid.length; // create len variable
for (var n=0; n<len; n++) { 
.....<rest of code>........
};

// to remove the attached clips -

someButton.onRelease = function(){
for (var n=0; n<len; n++) { 
video_menu["vdb"+n].removeMovieClip();
}
}; 

[cristi_b_1]

Hi a_modified_dog and thanks so much for answering. Your code works great, but unfortunately doesn't work the way I planned. here is why:
I have some other XML buttons that act like categories, that will load an XML file in the videosXML, wich is contained in a mc called video_container, like shown below:

function categoryReleased () {
    var currentBut:String = this._name;
    currentCat = currentBut.substr(3, 5);
    _parent.video_container.videosXML.load(loadCategory[currentCat])
} 

So if I press a category button the first time, an XML is loaded normally in the videosXML, but if I press another button to choose another category, everything screws up, because I use the attachMovie method. So I thought that by removing the movieclips created by the videosXML.onLoad, everything will work fine, but it doesn't . Do you have any idea what I could do? Basically I want to achieve this: when I press a category button, the videosXML will reload with the new items, and remove the rest of the items. Thanks

[a_modified_dog]

what is the result of the traces ?

function categoryReleased () { 
    var currentBut:String = this._name; 
trace(currentBut);
    currentCat = currentBut.substr(3, 5); 
trace(currentCat);
trace(loadCategory[currentCat]);
    _parent.video_container.videosXML.load(loadCategory[currentCat]) 
} 

[cristi_b_1]

trace:

ctb1
1
artists/artistOne/chapterTwo/videos.xml 

The XML code is correct, that's not the problem. The thing is that if I attach the first time

video_menu.attachMovie("videos_btn","vdb"+n, video_menu.getNextHighestDepth()); 

the next time I load another category the buttons are attached like crap, that's why I was trying to remove the existing buttons first. But it doesn't work at all when I do that, meaning nothing gets attached is I remove the existing buttons first. I worked this problem out, but in a very unprofessional way .
I added two extra keyframes in the video_container (the second keyframe is labelled "test" and the third keyframe has a gotoAndStop(1) actions), and I wrote this code in the categoryReleased function:

    _parent.video_container.gotoAndPlay("test")
_parent.video_container.onEnterFrame = function () {
        if(_parent.video_container._currentframe==1){
            delete _parent.video_container.onEnterFrame 
    _parent.video_container.videosXML.load(loadCategory[currentCat])
        }
    } 

It works,however, I would like a more professional aproach . Do you have any ideas? Thanks modified