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RE: [Flashnewbie] multiple instance of txtfield- retrieves
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RE: [Flashnewbie] multiple instance of txtfield- retrieves
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2004-02-08       - By Alan Rafael Bleiweiss

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BINGO - I'm attaching the clip to level 2 !!!

So instead of
    if (_root.txtField) {
      _root.txtField.removeMovieClip();

How do I change the _root.  to look on level 2?




At 03:23 PM 2/8/04, you wrote:
>Properly applied removeMovieClip() deletes the clip instanteneously - there
>must be some other reason for the behavior you are describing.
>
>What puzzles me a bit is that you say  'attachmovie to place a dynamic text
>field'.
>What you are attaching is a MovieClip called 'txtField' that has a textfield
>with some other instance-name on its timeline, right?
>
>2 reasons why removeMovieClip() can fail:
>A) Wrong target-path. Check wether you really have a MovieClip on _root with
>the instance name 'txtField'.
>Does this
>         _root.txtField._x +=100;
>kick the field you have in mind 100 pixels to the right?
>
>B) the clip is on a depth negative depth (< 0). In this case you would first
>have to apply swapDepths() to move it to a positive depth and then call
>removeMovieClip().
>As you are attaching the clip, you can easily verify wether you pass in a
>negative depth value when calling attachMovie();
>
>HTH
>-- ---- ------
>Andreas Weber
>motiondraw.com
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>-- --Original Message-- --
>From: Alan Rafael Bleiweiss [mailto:visionary@(protected)]
>Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 9:00 PM
>To: flashnewbie@(protected)
>Subject: [Flashnewbie] multiple instance of txtfield- retrieves prev.
>data
>
>
>I'm using multiple instances of attachmovie to place a dynamic text field
>on the stage, one for
>each of several "pages" on the site.
>
>When the user clicks a button to go to another page, I have
>a       _root.txtField.removeMovieClip();
>function on each button.
>
>The problem is that a lot of the time, the removeMovieClip action
>apparantly has not yet executed
>by the time the new page loads, so the other page's content (pulled from a
>Cold Fusion script)
>shows up again after it does the loading of the variables.
>
>How can I ensure the old content has been successfully dumped first?
>
>
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