Loading and unloading content from library in AS3

Question

I\'m doing a flash project but I\'m new to actionscript. I have a menu in the main page and I want to make other pages appear when I click on menu items.

I know how to

Answer 1

Loading MovieClip from library:

var mc:MovieClip = new MyClipID();
parentLayer.addChild(mc); // parentLayer can be any DisplayObjectContainer, even the stage

Positioning a loaded clip:

mc.x = 15;
mc.y = 30;

Removing a loaded clip:

if(mc.parent)
{
    mc.parent.removeChild(mc);
}

Placing a clip at a specific "layer" (index):

parentLayer.addChildAt(mc, 0); // this will place it behind everything on parentLayer

UPDATE: To answer your latest question, yes, you should remove the previously loaded clip before adding a new one. Then, when you want to display the main image again, you can just remove the currently loaded clip.

UPDATE2: An example of keeping track which page is currently loaded and removing it before displaying a new page:

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.DisplayObject;

var currentPage:DisplayObject;

btn_msg.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, ShowMessagePage);
btn_msg2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, ShowMesssagePage2);

function ShowMessagePage(event:MouseEvent):void
{
    removeCurrentPage(); // remove the old page
    var msg_page:MessagePage = new MessagePage();
        addChild(msg_page);

    msg_page.x = 495;
    msg_page.y = 323;
    currentPage = msg_page; // keep track of the current page
}

function ShowMessagePage2(event:MouseEvent):void 
{
    removeCurrentPage(); // remove the old page
    var msg_page2:MessagePage2 = new MessagePage2();
        addChild(msg_page2);

    msg_page2.x = 495;
    msg_page2.y = 323;
    currentPage = msg_page2; // keep track of the current page
}

function removeCurrentPage():void
{
    if(currentPage && currenPage.parent)
    {
        currentPage.parent.removeChild(currentPage);
    }
}