Where to put the unload MC script?

[P-town]

Hello, I have an mc in a box over the navagation bar. All other mcs load into this box over the nav bar, and I would like the viewer to have the "welcome.swf" file loaded in the box when the main index file loads. This means that I have to unload the "welcome.swf" from the main index file to make room for the new mcs that will be loaded from the links on the nav bar. Or else you see the "welcome.fla" file underneath the new mcs. Now, I've tried using levels in order to just load over it, and that worked, BUT when switching to a new mc on the nav bar you see the "welcome.fla" underneath it for a second. So, I need to know how to unload that mc, but most importantly, WHERE TO PUT THE SCRIPT, to unload the "welcome.fla" mc! Any suggestions? Thanks!
-P-town
PS- this is really the last thing I want to get done so I can publish the site! So please please please help me out!

[Birdsong]

use: MovieClip.removeMovieClip()

As documented in the flash dictionary: http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...ionary564.html

Put it just before you load your other clips. that way you get rid of it first. The switch really should be instantaneous.

[oldnewbie]

Well you wouldn't be unloading a .fla but a .swf, so some confusion in your question.

Is the welcome.swf loaded in the same container clip as all other external movies?

[P-town]

Well, basically I just copied and pasted the welcome mc from the welcome swf. So I had the layout from the welcome.swf file, I then selected it all and turned it into an mc. Then I pasted that on the main index file's box over the nav bar. It's very archaic, but I am new to Flash and do not really understand the "duplicateMovieClip" command or any of the others I've been given. So, am I going to put the "removeClip()" command on the new swf files coming in? Or am I going to put it on the mc that loads them? Or the buttons on the nav bar? I am very confused here. Some more help would be great. Thanks

[oldnewbie]

Well, just remove it before attaching or duplicating a new movie clip, on the same script that is attaching or duplicating the new movie clip...

on(release){
_level0.welcome_mc.removeMovieClip();
// your new attaching or duplicating code here...
}

That said, unloadMovie should also work...

_level0.welcome_mc.unloadMovie();

[P-town]

does it matter wether or not the mc is an external mc? And can I put that script on a button that loads something else? For instance the "news" button has the following script on it to load the swf:

on(release){
     mc_1.loadMovie("scrolltext1.swf");
}

should I put the removeClip script on that before the mc_1.loadMovie script? I don't use levels, I have an mc (called mc_1) on the main page loading the external swfs. I'm not sure how to use the duplicate mc script or where to put it. That is my main point. I have no idea where to put the script I've been given! I'm sorry I'm being so thick headed here, but, I just can't figure this out!