[AS2] menu bar-add item problem

[dreamdelerium]

hi everyone. im new to the forum, and flash/actionscript 2, so let me know if im doing something wrong. anyway heres my question. im creating a card game. i have a seperate timeline for the menu bar. ive placed this code on the first cell of the timeline:

import mx.controls.Menu;
import mx.controls.MenuBar;


var my_mb:MenuBar;
var my_menu:Menu = my_mb.addMenu("File");

my_menu.addMenuItem({label:"New Game", instanceName:"newInstance"});
my_menu.addMenuItem({label:"Reset Cards", instanceName:"openInstance"});
my_menu.addMenuItem({label:"Close", instanceName:"closeInstance"});
my_menu.addMenuItem({label:"Deal New Row", instanceName:"newRow"});
//Create listener object.
var mbListener:Object = new Object();
mbListener.change = function(evt_obj:Object) {
 var menuItem_obj:Object = evt_obj.menuItem;
 switch (menuItem_obj.attributes.instanceName) {
 case "newInstance":
  _root.gotoAndStop(10);
  break;
 case "openInstance":
  ResetCards();
  break;
 case "closeInstance":
  break;
 case "newRow":
 dealNewRow();
  break;
 }
};
my_menu.addEventListener("change", mbListener);

the problem i get is that when the user selects "new game" it should restart the game. when it does this the toolbar is not reset. instead a new menu item is added (without removing the old one. so evertime the user hits new game, a new "file" menu is added). how do i make sure there is only 1 "File" menu?

[nageekdoog]

what's in your resetCards() function. Could it be in there?

You could try making a default case in your switch. It could be botching something up somehow maybe...?

I think without more code it'll be hard to figure that one.