Removing a button...

[f3ar]

Is there any actionscript to remove a button from the timeline? I have an external preloader where I press "load" and it loads the flash page ON TOP of the button....unfortunately you can still access the load button once the page is loaded on top....is there a way to completely remove it from the timeline after it is pressed?

Thanks in advance,
F3ar

[madgett]

You would use destroyObject():btn.onPress = function() {
destroyObject(this._name);
};

[f3ar]

That didn't work, here is the AS I have for my button instanced movie1_btn...

movie1_btn.onPress = function(){
startPreload("home.swf");
destroyObject("movie1_btn");
}

I also tried

destroyObject(this._movie1_btn);

What gives? :(

[madgett]

destroyObject() is for components. If you manually created a movieclip on the stage then you use movie1_btn.unloadMovie();. It must be a movieclip and not a button instance. If you have to have a button instance, then make sure it is inside a movieclip instance and you can unload the movieclip instance and it will take the button with it.

[mekkfabrics]

Hi, Im new here, from sweden.
then make sure it is inside a movieclip instance and you can unload the movieclip instance and it will take the button with it.
How exactly do you do that?
And yes I´m a beginner, almost anyway:)

[Krisko]

I use 2 ways:
movie_btn.onPress = function() {
delete this.movie_btn // this is the one way, it's not so good
this.movie_btn._x += 1000 // this is the dodger way :)
}

[mekkfabrics]

I´m sorry but I cant make it work, where should I put the code, on the timeline? What I want to do is, first to load a movieclip with a button on release that unloads the movieclip and the button at the same time, you know like an ordinary pop up window. my brain is about to explode soon:confused: