removeMovieClip changes levels and doesn't remove

[khamstra]

I'm trying to remove a movie I attached from my library and it will not work,
what's worse yet is when I try to remove it it changes it's levels and leaves
it there.

the following code"
trace("d = "+MovieHolder.VideoDisplay.getDepth());
MovieHolder.VideoDisplay.removeMovieClip();
trace("d2 = "+MovieHolder.VideoDisplay.getDepth());

traces:
d = 1
d2 = -32770

Any reason why that is messing up. The movie I attach is a streaming video
"component" that I've pieced together.

Thanks, Kevin

[kglad]

those are depths, not levels. and there are several ways you could generate
that problem with a removed movieclip still displaying a depth.
because you said your movieclip is not being removed (meaning it still appears
on-stage after executing that removeMovieClip() function?) it seems most likely
that you've created more than one instance of MovieHolder.VideoDisplay.

[khamstra]

Ok, sorry about the term mistake. Let me explain further.

I take a mc and attach it then try to remove it with the following code, I put
a trace(this) inside the mc so I know there is only one of them. Later I try to
delete it with the following:

(function at bottom of post)

When I call this function it traces:
d = 1
d2 = -32770

But the movieClip does get removed but something still exists called
"MovieHolder.VideoDisplay" and when I remove the movieclip whatever it is moves
to the depth of -32770. When I trace it it says:
_level0.MovieHolder.VideoDisplay

Now this is even a bigger problem...
if I set MovieHolder.VideoDisplay = undefined it gets rid of it and I see the
"great" message but if I attach the movieclip again all of the function that
belong to it do not work the second time.

The mistake of thinking that it was removing was me telling the streaming
video to close() and clear() which made it look like it was gone.

The function that does not work the second time is close(). If i trace it, it
gives me a message the first time but when it's reattached it does not call
close?

Please let me know if you have any ideas or you need me to further explain.

Thank you, Kevin

function closeMe() {
if (MovieHolder.VideoDisplay != undefined) {
trace("d = "+MovieHolder.VideoDisplay.getDepth());
MovieHolder.VideoDisplay.removeMovieClip();
trace("d2 = "+MovieHolder.VideoDisplay.getDepth());
closeMe();
} else {
trace("great... it's gone");
}
}