Easy Q. How to hide carosel after leaving frame.

Question

Hi guys and TIA.
From my flash "home" frames, I have 4 buttons that take the user to different places on the timeline. One frame on the timeline includes a carosel of pictures that rotate and looks nice. I downloaded the carosel actionscript and xml documents online, I did not build them myself. Now, when I hit the "home" button to get back to the home frame, the carosel still lingers around. I would like to know how to hide it, or make it not come back at all when coming back to my "home" frame.
Here is my actionscript inserted in the frame:
import mx.utils.Delegate;
var numOfItems:Number;
var radiusX:Number = 1000;
var radiusY:Number = 30;
var centerX:Number = Stage.width / 2;
var centerY:Number = Stage.height / 2;
var speed:Number = 0.9;
var perspective:Number = 130;
var home:MovieClip = this;
var tooltip:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("tooltip","tooltip",10000);
tooltip._alpha = 0;
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function()
    var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes;
    numOfItems = nodes.length;
    for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
        var t = home.attachMovie("item","item"+i,i+1);
        t.angle = i * ((Math.PI*2)/numOfItems);
        t.onEnterFrame = mover;
        t.toolText = nodes[i].attributes.tooltip;
        t.icon.inner.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);
        t.r.inner.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);
        t.icon.onRollOver = over;
        t.icon.onRollOut = out;
        t.icon.onRelease = released;
function over()
    home.tooltip.tipText.text = this._parent.toolText;
    home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
    home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height/2;
    home.tooltip.onEnterFrame = Delegate.create(this,moveTip);
    home.tooltip._alpha = 100;
function out()
    delete home.tooltip.onEnterFrame;
    home.tooltip._alpha = 0;
function released()
    trace(this._parent.toolText);
function moveTip()
    home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
    home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height/2;
xml.load("icons.xml");
function mover()
    this._x = Math.cos(this.angle) * radiusX + centerX;
    this._y = Math.sin(this.angle) * radiusY + centerY;
    var s = (this._y - perspective) /(centerY+radiusY-perspective);
    this._xscale = this._yscale = s*150;
    this.angle += this._parent.speed;
    this.swapDepths(Math.round(this._xscale) + 100);
this.onMouseMove = function()
    speed = (this._xmouse-centerX)/2500;
removeMovieClip(this);
stop();

Answer 1

I haven't gone thru the details of the code, but I see that you appear to be loading everything into the timeline (var home = this).  The problem with adding dynamic content to the timeline is that it does not have a hone in the timeline and will linger everywhere.  To take care of that, try removing the var home = this line and instead, manually place an empty movieclip in the desired frame and give it an istance name of home.  That may be all you neeed to do.