ActionScript 3.0 :: Removing Display Object That Doesn't Exist?
Aug 31, 2010
Im attempting to create a class which cleans all the mess it's done by itself. If i make some instances of this class in an external class, i want the base class remove itself, or in other words, if i linkage this class to any movieclip, i want to remove this movieclip not in the file I created it in, but rather would like it to automatically remove itself if i want it to. I don't know if it's even possible. A simple removeChild(this) isnt working.
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May 10, 2011
I have an application that uses a main class to control other MovieClips, adding and removing them as needed, most of them are separate screens or sub menus.
When I leave the main menu and come back to it later from another screen, certain animations and roll over buttons still play, which I don't want, I basically need the main menu screen to reset every time it is seen.
I read up on this and found out that removing the child doesn't necessarily remove it from the memory.
I tried setting the mainmenu to null before moving onto a different screen but this threw up an error, stating that the parameter child must be none null.
how to completely kill my mainmenu when it is not needed.
public function confSubMenuOneScreen():void {
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[Code].....
This is the example of code that removes the menu and adds another screen, with the mainmenu = null code that throws up the error.
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Jun 24, 2010
To remove a dynamic displayObject completely you need removeChild or removeChildAt(index) remove all the refrences to the displayObject nulling the displayObject
But this is my case
PHP Code:
//here recto is a MovieClip on stage//i creat a dynamic display Object named newMcvar newMc:MovieClip =new MovieClip();newMc.graphics.beginFill(0x000000,1);newMc.graphics.drawRect(0,0,10,10);newMc.graphics.endFill();recto.addChildAt(newMc,1);//i refrence the newMc using
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I believe that it is refrencing newMc but I am not sure why nulling refrenceMc has effect on newMc
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Jun 24, 2010
To remove a dynamic displayObject completely you need removeChild or removeChildAt(index) remove all the refrences to the displayObject nulling the displayObject
But this is my case
ActionScript Code:
//here recto is a MovieClip on stage
//i creat a dynamic display Object named newMc
var newMc:MovieClip =new MovieClip();
[Code].....
I believe that it is refrencing newMc but I am not sure why nulling refrenceMc has effect on newMc
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Jun 24, 2010
To remove a dynamic displayObject completely you need
RemoveChild or removeChildAt(index)
Remove all the refrences to the displayObject
Nulling the displayObject
But this is my case
PHP Code:
//here recto is a MovieClip on stage
//I creat a dynamic display Object named
newMcvar newMc:MovieClip =new MovieClip();
newMc.graphics.beginFill(0x000000,1);
newMc.graphics.drawRect(0,0,10,10);
[Code] .....
is referencing newMc or creating a copy of it. I believe that it is refrencing newMc but I am not sure why nulling refrenceMc has effect on newMc.
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Apr 2, 2012
I am trying to have a single parent class that a wide variety of classes can extend. Each of them has the exact same event listeners and remove function so I thought I would try to write the function a single time in the parent class.Parent Class:
Code:
public function removeMe():void {
/* REMOVE EVENT LISTENERS */
[code].....
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When I'm removing an object from the display list (via removeChild), I'm performing a splice on all of the arrays that the object has:
[Code]....
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[Code].....
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ActionScript Code:
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