Clearing array in movie clip

In frame 1 one presses a button and an array ("array 1") of
11 jpgs load into a movie clip "_root.overview".
On frame 2 when another button is pressed another array
("array2") loads into the same movie clip "_root.overview". The
only problem is that the second array has one less image than the
first array and the extra image remains persistent if one toggles
back.
Is there a way to clear an array before reloading another in
the same clip. I tried unloadMovie but that unloads everything. I
need a way to refresh the array each time it is clicked.
Thanks

Clearing out the array isn't going to get you anywhere. You
need to first
unload the movies you loaded in. You should be using
MovieClipLoader class,
along with its unloadClip method.
You say you're loading images into an overview clip - how are
you loading in
the movies?
Also, why is clearing out everything (with unloadMovie) bad?
You load in new
images anyway right?
Dave -
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Okay, so this sounds simple, but I'm tottally lost... I'm a thirteen year old boy that has been using Flash for a little over 3 years. I program video games. I recently embarked on a game where one of the modes is to be split screen, player one gets the top half, player 2 the bottom. The promblem with this is that my game is based off of a moving background, where inorder to keep the main character centered the background moves instead of them. Becsause of this,when setting up split screen, the screen on the upper layer takes over the bottom because there would be more showing then there would be in the game: Parts would be off screen. I was wondering if there was anyway that using hitTest(s) (or some other method) you could make a movie clip partially visible/ invisible. I know the code for making something invisible when touching something else. But I was wondering if there was a way to make only the part of the movie clip touching another movie (it would have its alpha turned off... let's say it's a hitBox) or only the part of the movie clip touching the hitBox visible, invisible. Another way of looking at this is that I want a movie clip to be a small box, but inside I want their to be a huge picture. I want to make it so that when you move the picture different parts are viewable in this little box. And to make this as clear as I can... : I want to make a circle that I'll call the magnifying glass. I want to make an invisible picture that can be moved using code (I know that part). I want it so that when part of the picture is under the magnifying glass it's visible, not the hole thing, jus that circular area. Another reason I'd like to have this promblem solved is for a moving water effect. I want to make a movie clip and tween showing a square of rushing water, but without putting anything over parts of it (other than a hitBox) I want to make only a squiggly line of that water box visible. Thank you so much! =D I really hope you guys know! =D P.S. I also am currently using the trial of CS4, if that helps anything. But if it's only possible in AS3, then it's impossible to me because I use AS2 conservatively.

Thanks... but I think you've misunderstood my question. I suppose magnifying glass wouldn't be the right word... I just wanted to explain that I want only the part of one mc touching another mc to be visible. I hope this isn't confusing. I have no need to enlarge an image. I want to make a movie clip only partially visible. Check out the fla.

How do I remove a the contents of a movie clip created using loadClip?

I have a Flash site that loads specific SWFs into a movie
clip called "content_mc" based on a button click. I do this using
the "loadClip" method. I then remove (I thought) the SWF from the
movie clip with "unloadClip" and replace it with a new SWF using
"loadClip." All seemed to be working fine, but now I see that
scripts from a SWF that I thought I unloaded are still running.
I'm sure this is due to my lack of understanding of what
"loadClip" and "unloadClip" are doing. And there certainly may be a
better way to do what I want to do... but such is life. What is the
method to delete a the contents of a movie completely from memory?
or is there a better way to do what I want to do?
Thanks for your help,
David

Nope you understand more or less correctly. unloadClip takes
away the contents that loadClip placed. However there are certain
things that don't go away.
My guess is that you have some setIntervals. Those must be
cleared (clearInterval) before you do the unloadClip.
Or perhaps you have set up some listeners? Again those must
be removed.

How do I create a play button for movie clip using AS3

Hello.
Bit new to this and have been searching the adobe forums and google. I am trying to create a button that will play an imported MovieClip.
I have a movie clip that I've imported into it's own layer (Layer1) Frame 1. I've given the MovieClip an instance name of foundationMovie.
I've created a button and have that on its own layer(Layer2) above layer1, it is also in Frame 1.
I've added a
stop (); action to layer2
The video is not set to autoplay.
I want the video to start playing when the viewer clicks the button. I know I've got to put some kind of event listener using AS3 in my timeline somewhere.
I've found some code and I've been trying to work with it. I'm sure I've mutilated it beyond usability but this is what I've got.
stop ();
player.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,play);
function play(event:MouseEvent)
gotoAndPlay("foundationMovie");
If someone could point me the right direction or help me with my code I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

First, you need to clear up what you are working with... a movieclip and a video are usually entirely different things.
Next, your code may get you started on your way with some changes. You shouldn't use "play" as a function name due to there already being a play() method/function in Flash.
If the movieclip is a movieclip and has an instance name of "foundationMovie", and your button has an instance name of "player" then the following adjusted code would normally work...
stop ();
player.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playMovie);
function playMovie(event:MouseEvent)
foundationMovie.play();

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