Unload a movie

Hi all i am new to Flash so please forgive me if i sound like an idiot.
I have two buttons, once a button is clicked it loads in an external swf, the problem is that it then has to be unclicked before the second button is clicked as it otherwise runs the two movies.
Is there a way that if the second button is clicked whilst the first movie is playing it can unload the first movie before playing the second, or if no movie is playing it just plays the movie.
Thanks
Stan

Hi I am using AS3
button_3.addEventListner(MouseEvent.CLICK,fl_ClickToLoadUnloadSWF_3);
var fl_Loader_3:loader;
var fl_ToLoad_3:Boolean=true;
function fl_ClickToLoadUnloadSWF_3(event:mouseEvent):void
if(fl_ToLoad_3)
fl_Loader_3 = new Loader();
fl_loader_3.load(new URLRequest("new_products.swf"));
addChild(fl_Loader_3);
else
fl_Loader_3.unload();
removeChild(fl_Loader_3);
fl_loader_3+null;
fl_TOLoad_3 =!fl_ToLoad_3;
This is the first half of the code for one button, the code for the second button is the same, just different variable names.
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