ActionScript 3.0 :: Getting A MovieClip Symbol To Remove Itself?
Feb 23, 2011
I am currently working on a project where I create explosions on the screen by adding the movieclip symbol explosion to the main timeline via:
addChild(explosion);
I am trying to figure out how to dynamically remove the explosion (make it eligible for garbage collection) when it is done playing the animation of the explosion.
I have tried parent.removeChild(this) within the symbol itself and that throws an error:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
Is there any way to have a movieclip remove itself? If not is there a way to call a function in the actionscript code explosion exports to? Or maybe there is a way to call a function in the main timeline?
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