[Flashcoders] can't remove a clip attached to root???

2005-12-14 Thread Jason Rayles
Is there a reason that a movie clip attached to _root cannot be removed using removeMovieClip? if I do _root.attachMovie(square, s, _root.getNextHighestDepth()); then _root.s.removeMovieClip(); does not remove the clip. However if I do mc.attachMovie(square, s, mc.getNextHighestDepth()); and

Re: [Flashcoders] can't remove a clip attached to root???

2005-12-14 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi, is this in an empty movie, or a movie with components in it? Try and trace the depth, if its higher than a certain number (which may be caused by components on your stage) you have to swap it to a lower depth first. greetz Hans At 10:27 PM 12/14/2005, Jason Rayles wrote: Is there a reason

Re: [Flashcoders] can't remove a clip attached to root???

2005-12-14 Thread Morten Barklund Shockwaved
Jason Rayles wrote: Is there a reason that a movie clip attached to _root cannot be removed using removeMovieClip? If _root.getNextHighestDepth() returns a negative value, then you cannot remove the movieclip unless you swap it up to some positive depth. I'm not sure, but that might be it.

Re: [Flashcoders] can't remove a clip attached to root???

2005-12-14 Thread Cinetryx
Hello, I noticed a problem with this function, getNextHighestDepth, it positions the clips to too high level and so removeMovieClip does not delete your clip. You have to put yourself a level to your clip. bye Jason Rayles a écrit : Is there a reason that a movie clip attached to _root

Re: [Flashcoders] can't remove a clip attached to root???

2005-12-14 Thread Jason Rayles
I'll just put an empty movie clip on the stage and attach something to that. On Dec 14, 2005, at 4:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 16 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:32:23 +0100 From: Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] can't remove a clip attached to root

RE: [Flashcoders] can't remove a clip attached to root???

2005-12-14 Thread Ben Smeets
@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] can't remove a clip attached to root??? Is there a reason that a movie clip attached to _root cannot be removed using removeMovieClip? if I do _root.attachMovie(square, s, _root.getNextHighestDepth()); then _root.s.removeMovieClip(); does not remove