[RESOLVED] Remove Child = remove my brain

[flash chap]

Hi,

I cannot get the removeChild method to work.
Any help would great as I have look on here and seen a lot posts but I still cant seem to get it to work. my code:

var timerLoad:Timer = new Timer(2011,1);
timerLoad.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimerLoad);
timerLoad.start();

function onTimerLoad(evt:TimerEvent):void {

var loaded_clip1:Loader = new Loader();
stage.addChild(loaded_clip1);

loaded_clip1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.INIT, handleInit);
loaded_clip1.load( new URLRequest( "My_file.swf" ) );


function handleInit(evt:Event):void {
var extMovie:* = loaded_clip1.content;

}

//Nav mouse Downs///
purpleNav_Mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOW N, purpleMouseDown);


function purpleMouseDown(e:MouseEvent):void {
stage.removeChild(loaded_clip1);


}


I just get a 1120 error??


Thanks

[moagrius]

you have loaded_clip1 as a local variable ("var" inside a function), so it doesn't exist outside that function. declare it outside the function and define it inside - like so:

var loaded_clip1:Loader;

var timerLoad:Timer = new Timer(2011,1);
timerLoad.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimerLoad);
timerLoad.start();

function onTimerLoad(evt:TimerEvent):void {

loaded_clip1 = new Loader();
stage.addChild(loaded_clip1);

loaded_clip1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( Event.INIT, handleInit);
loaded_clip1.load( new URLRequest( "My_file.swf" ) );


function handleInit(evt:Event):void {
var extMovie:* = loaded_clip1.content;

}

//Nav mouse Downs///
purpleNav_Mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOW N, purpleMouseDown);


function purpleMouseDown(e:MouseEvent):void {
stage.removeChild(loaded_clip1);


} 

[flash chap]

Ah I see what you mean...brilliant.

Thanks for your help..this one was driving me nuts!!!

[moagrius]