simple removeChild not working - 1120 error [AS3]

[MBR]

Hi there, this is my first post so be gentle...



I'm working on a simple presentation website in flash that imports swf-banners onto the main page. This works, but I need a backgroundcolor and a border so the banners aren't seethrough. So I create another graphic element that puts itself underneath. All this works, but when I try to write a button to remove the "child" it only removes the imported swf (loader) but it can't remove the box underneath - even if I remove the loader-child completely.



I get a "1120: Access of undefined property Kant." error



CODE for buttons & loading the swf:

stop();
var Xpos:Number=10;
var Ypos:Number=230;
var swf:MovieClip;
var loader:Loader = new Loader();

 

// Btns Universal function
function btnClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
MovieClip(root).Clean_mc.gotoAndPlay(2)

var SWFRequest:URLRequest=new URLRequest(event.target.name+".swf");

 

//mask

    var rect:Shape = new Shape();
    rect.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
    rect.graphics.drawRect(10, 230, 930, 180);
    rect.graphics.endFill();

 

//background and border

    var Kant:Shape = new Shape();
    Kant.graphics.lineStyle(2,0xFFFFFF);
    Kant.graphics.beginFill(0x000000);
    Kant.graphics.drawRect(10, 230, 930, 180);
    Kant.graphics.endFill();

 

//swf loader
    loader.load(SWFRequest);
    loader.x=Xpos;
    loader.y=Ypos;
    //loader.background = true;
        //loader.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
    loader.mask=rect;

 

    addChild(Kant);
    addChild(loader);
}

 

H3K.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
AAOO.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
Metro.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
Jonas.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
CS.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
BEP.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
WSGM.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);

Code for "resetting" page:

removeChild(Kant);
removeChild(loader);

It's probably very simple, but I can't get it to work. Please help me fix it, so I can go home early...

[AttackRabbit]

for the time being comment out your removeChild() calls .

like

//removeChild(Kant);
//removeChild(loader);

and replace them with trace statements

trace(Kant);
trace(loader);

test your movie. When the application outputs the traces , are either of the values null , or do you get an alert saying something about a null object reference ?

I think your problem is you are declaring "Kant" , inside of your btnClick() function. The reason its able to remove your loader, is because you are declaring and instantiating it at the top , outside of your method , so the variable becomes available to anything in that scope. Try to declare Kant underneath loader. See if it works.

[shamimsaad03]

what class is your adding graphics and which class is the removeChild on?