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How Do I Dynamically Delete DisplayObjects from Movie Clip?

Hi

So I have the code for creating a new object of a movie clip I have made called listContainer. Everything on the display object side works great, they display nicely on the screen

However, when I want to delete a certain object from the stage, how would I do this?

I tried with

interestListMC.removeChildAt(#)

but it's hard to guess the numbers to deelte, since each display object produces 2 children (in my case)

is there any way to delete a certain child? by ID or something other than index? Thanks.

var listContArry:MovieClip = new listContainer();
interestListMC.addChild(listContArry);

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scooby_56

if you have added at design and typed in an instance name inthe properties panel, you can remove using this
removeChild(getChildByName('box1')); //box1 is the instance name

if you added dynamically with actionscript then use the variable name
interestListMC.removeChild(listContArry); //using your variable name

dsrnu

ASKER

I add the listContainer boxes dynamically, as user clicks a button

so I have code to add the listeContainer, but each listContainer is the same object name as its a for loop as in the code section

how Do I identifiy certain boxes according to their ID and delete them? I have the variable id in the obj parameter that identifies the id of the object

would I be able to append that ID onto the listContArry variable?

Thanks!

for each(var obj:Object in interestObjArry) {
var listContArry:MovieClip = new listContainer();
interestListMC.addChild(listContArry);
listContArry.x = 25;
listContArry.y = pos_y;
pos_y += 140;
listContArry.idText.text = obj.id;
}

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dsrnu

ASKER

thank you! works great

dsrnu

ASKER

Thanks!