problem unloading duplicateMovieClip

I'm using this code which I got from a friendly soul on this Forum (thanks Jack! :) ). I now have a bit of a problem with the duplicateMovieClip action.

I have a 'start page' on frame one and the main code on frame 2 incl. a button to return to Frame 1 and this is the problem as when the timeline moves to Frame 1, the duplicated MCs (ie pronounClip + promptClip) are still there.

I have tried to unload the clips :

Code:

---

this.promptClip.removeMovieClip();

---

but that doesn't work either...

Can someone solve this please as I cannot...

This is part of the code I'm using:

Code:

---

// main loop to duplicate and place clips
        for(var q=0;q!=len1;q++){
pronounClip.duplicateMovieClip("pronoun"+q,q);
promptClip.duplicateMovieClip("prompt"+q,180+q);

---

G

Is the duplicate movie within the normal script of the program or is it in it's own function... what I mean is - with you looping frames, are you duplicating them every time the movie loops back?

Code:

---

for(var q=0;q<len1;q++){
        _level0.your.full.path["prompt"+q].removeMovieClip();
}

---

Hmm I don't think I am... this is full loop section on Frame 2 (no other code on any other frame bar Frame 1 where I am trying to remove it...) :

Code:

---

// main loop to duplicate and place clips
        for(var q=0;q!=len1;q++){
pronounClip.duplicateMovieClip("pronoun"+q,q);
redTarget.duplicateMovieClip("target0_"+q,20+q);
turqTarget.duplicateMovieClip("target1_"+q,40+q);
redTarget.duplicateMovieClip("target2_"+q,60+q);
turqTarget.duplicateMovieClip("target3_"+q,80+q);
wordRed.duplicateMovieClip("word0_"+q,100+q);
wordTurq.duplicateMovieClip("word1_"+q,120+q);
wordRed.duplicateMovieClip("word2_"+q,140+q);
wordTurq.duplicateMovieClip("word3_"+q,160+q);
promptClip.duplicateMovieClip("prompt"+q,180+q);

incY = (hg1+5)*q+60;

pronoun = tgt["pronoun"+q];// pronoun clips
pronoun._x = 15;
pronoun._y = incY-20;
pronoun.txt.text = arrPronoun[q];

obj0 = {};// red0 boxes & words
obj0.wordRef = word0 = tgt["word0_"+q];
word0._x = redWordX;
word0._y = redWordY.pop();
obj0.boxRef = target0 = tgt["target0_"+q];
target0._x = wd1+space-20;
target0._y = incY;
obj0.word = target0.acceptWord = word0.txt.text = arrRed_0[q];
arr2d[q][0] = obj0;
dragWords(word0);

obj1 = {};//  turq1 boxes & words
obj1.wordRef = word1 = tgt["word1_"+q];
word1._x = turqWordX;
word1._y = turqWordY.pop();
obj1.boxRef = target1 = tgt["target1_"+q];
target1._x = wd1+wd2+(space*2);
target1._y = incY;
obj1.word = target1.acceptWord = word1.txt.text = arrTurq_1[q];
arr2d[q][1] = obj1;
dragWords(word1);

obj2 = {};// red2 boxes & words
obj2.wordRef = word2 = tgt["word2_"+q];
word2._x = redWordX;
word2._y = redWordY.pop();
obj2.boxRef = target2 = tgt["target2_"+q];
target2._x = 20+wd1+(wd2*2)+(space*3);
target2._y = incY;
obj2.word = target2.acceptWord = word2.txt.text = arrRed_2[q];
arr2d[q][2] = obj2;
dragWords(word2);

obj3 = {};// turq3 boxes & words
obj3.wordRef = word3 = tgt["word3_"+q];
word3._x = turqWordX;
word3._y = turqWordY.pop();
obj3.boxRef = target3 = tgt["target3_"+q];
target3._x = 50+wd1+(wd2*3)+(space*4);
target3._y = incY;
obj3.word = target3.acceptWord = word3.txt.text = arrTurq_3[q];
arr2d[q][3] = obj3;
dragWords(word3);

prompt = tgt["prompt"+q];// prompt clips
prompt._x = -220+wd1+(wd2*4)+(space*5);
prompt._y = incY-20;
prompt.txt.text = arrPhrase[q];
// hide target clips
target0._visible = target1._visible = target2._visible = target3._visible = false;
        }

---

Any clearer to you?

I just realised that the pronoun and promptclips are already on the stage on Frame 2 then duplicated...still don't know how to get rid of them! What about you?

Change their depths to positive values then use the removeMovieClip Method

I noticed that the movie clips you are duplicating are target_ (with underscore) you are chaning the visibility of ones without an underscore.. is that supposed to be happening?

target1, target2 etc are references of the movieclips, so that is not the reason.

WHere do I chnage the depths? Sorry to sound stupid...

movieclip.swapDepths(level); //where level is from 0 to 55000.

Thank you!

Where would I place that in the script....

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by gabrielknight

Thank you!

Where would I place that in the script....

---

Anyone...

At the frame, where your other code is.

Hi,

I've tried everything but nothing seems to work.

I've tried giving them a positive value and then remove them as sugested but unsure if this is the correct way of doing this? This is the code on the Frame 1, Frame 2 contains the extended code seen above in previous mesage where the Clips are duplicated.

Code:

---

promptClip.swapDepths(1000);
removeMovieClip("prompt");

---

Where am I going wrong?

Gabs

promptClip.swapDepths(1000);
promptClip.removeMovieClip();

Thank you, it worked!

Sorry for delaying the 'thank you' :rolleyes:


Gabs

yeah u should never delay a thank you lol :)

Welcome :)

Can anybody explain why this needs to be done? I'm just curious.

Because it's nice and polite and it's good to get a "thank you" :D

No, I am joking ;)
Because when you create a movieclip on design time Flash assigns a negative value for the level of the movieclip thus preventing collisions with the dynamically created, but also preventing you to remove it.

Your reply is awesome and I'm not joking.

What do you mean by collisions? I am assuming you mean one on top of the other, but if so, why would that matter?

No, it's not like that... if you create a movieclip in a certain level it unloads the movie which is occupying it. To be honest I am speculating a bit since I am not really sure about the reason why Macromedia did it that way yet it sounds logically :) I guess I have read about it at some point, but what remained in my head is just the practical knowledge - i.e that I need to swap depths before removing etc.

when u create movieclip in the flash authoring environment..they are given a negative depth. This is very convenient for us, because when we create or attach dynamic movieclips we can simply start them from depth 0.

if on the other hand non-dynamic clips where given a positive depth as well, we would then have to figure out from what index to start giving the dynamic movieclip depths from, in order not to replace the non-dynamic ones..

hope that makes sense!

So if I put the clip on stage from the library when the clip loaded (ie, dynamically), I wouldn't need to swap depths, right?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by silentweed

when u create movieclip in the flash authoring environment..they are given a negative depth. This is very convenient for us, because when we create or attach dynamic movieclips we can simply start them from depth 0.

if on the other hand non-dynamic clips where given a positive depth as well, we would then have to figure out from what index to start giving the dynamic movieclip depths from, in order not to replace the non-dynamic ones..

hope that makes sense!

---

It's what I thought too, just wasn't sure that's the the only reason why they did it that way :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by num97

So if I put the clip on stage from the library when the clip loaded (ie, dynamically), I wouldn't need to swap depths, right?

---

No, if you put a movie on the stage with any of the runtime methods (attachMovie, createEmptyMovieClip, duplicateMovieClip) you don't need to swap their depths in order to remove them with MovieClip.removeMovieClip() as they are already positive (starting from 0 to 55 000). The problem is only with the instances created in the authoring environment.