How to make an object disappear and stay hidden

[jwolfe]

I'm currently working on a game that has multiple 'scenes' located on each frame. In one scene, if you click on an object it disappears. I did this using the visible = false method. However, anytime you return the scene after, the object is visible again. How would I write the code so that it stays invisible permanently when you click it, regardless of whether or not you leave and later return to the scene? Any advice would be great! Thanks

(I'm working in AS3 on Flash cs4)

[sparX]

Maybe this,

var byebyeButton:Boolean;

if (!byebyeButton) {
     button.visible = true;
     byebyeButton = true;
}
else
     button.visible = false;

[jwolfe]

it works! thanks so much

[sparX]

If u want the button back,just set byebyeButton = false; before u are going to run through that code block again.

If the button is never going to make a reappearance then just remove it in your clickHandler,

function clickHandler (e:MouseEvent):void {
     //do something....go somewhere...
     this.removeChild(button);
}

[jwolfe]

great! this was really helpful, thanks a bunch