removeChild issue

[Boxing_Boom]

Hi All,

Got this code loading thumbs, and when their clicked loads a bigger image etc...

function xmlLoaded (e:Event):void {

xml = XML(e.target.data);
images = xml.image;

for(var i:uint=0; i<images.length();i++){
var thumb:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var thumbLoader:Loader = new Loader();
thumb.x = 65*i + spacing;
thumb.y = 370;
thumb.src = images[counter].@url;
thumb.mouseChildren = false;
thumb.buttonMode = true;
thumbLoader.load(new URLRequest(images[counter].@thumb));
addChild(thumb);
thumb.alpha = 0;
TweenMax.to(thumb, 1, {alpha:1, ease:Sine.easeIn});
thumb.addChild(thumbLoader);
thumbLoader.x = 24;
thumbLoader.y = -14;
thumb.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickedThumb);
counter++;

}
loader.load(new URLRequest(images[0].@url));

}

Problem happens with the following code - I go into fullScreen and want to either hide the thumb etc... or remove it:

masker.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fullScreen);

function fullScreen(MouseEvent):void
{
thumb.visible = false; // do not work
removeChild(thumb); // do not work
stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;
masker.x=0;
masker.y=0;
masker.width=stage.stageWidth;
masker.height=stage.stageHeight;
StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;

}

masker.buttonMode = true;

Hope someone can provide an answer to this, as it's driving me BONKERS 😉 It's got to be down to how I am referring to it, the path.

Kind Regards,

Boxing Boom

[Colin Holgate]

There are a few things that seem wrong with the script, for example, you may have created a 100 "thumb" movieclips, which of them is the one you want to remove? What is "masker"? Will the thumb you removed need to come back after you leave full screen mode?

[Boxing_Boom]

Hi Colin,

Yes thumb will need to come back as normal. Masker is an mc. It's just used for a click platform. The thumb is a display for the 3 images thats loaded via xml - image thumbs.

Kind Regards,

Boxing Boom

[MMiller @ RJ]

I can see a few possible problems. One is that if you want to reference a variable you create from multiple functions it needs to be declared outside both functions. Such as reference 1 below.

Another is if you are creating many objects creating the same variable you should add them to an array to be able to access them later as below in reference 2.

Note sure if these may help, but thought I would throw them out there.

[Boxing_Boom]

Hi All,

I have started a new thread: removeChild(getChildByName("whatEverName1"));

Boy this is tiring work ;)

Kind Regards,

Boxing Boom