removing loader from another timeline

[matt_stripe77]

Hello

I am designing a site and one problem has been persisting for quite some time.
I want to remove an swf once a second page has been added
here is the website design
> a preloader loads my main menu , on the main timeline of my preloader.swf I create a new loader (loader1) and tell it load the URLRequest "menu.swf"
> The menu.swf loads, on menu.swf main timeline I create a click function (instantiates once a button has been clicked) that loads my second loader (loader2) and this loads the URLRequest "cast.swf"

I want cast.swf to replace menu.swf and remove it entirely but I cant figure out how to do it,
here is what I have tried inside the click function of menu.swf
(is this possible? can you write code to remove an swf if you are actually inside that swf's main timeline? )

removeChildAt(0); ( this only removes the bottom layer of the menu.swf)
removeChild(MovieClip(root).loader1); inside the click function ( this does not remove the menu.swf )

thanks v much
matt

[Colin Holgate]

If you have a pointer to any display object, you can get it to remove like this:

displayobj.parent.removeChild(displayobj);

so, if you d still have loader1 kicking around as a variable. this should work:

loader1.parent.removeCild(loader1);