Deleting movie Clips after X amount of time

programming flash
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Hi there

Right then I’m sure you guys can sort this out very simply. Basically I have this code that creates duplicate instances of a movie clip and puts them on stage with a few random settings where ever the mouse goes.

This is cool but I want the duplicates to disappear after a certain amount of time (2-3 seconds or so) - or disappear when a certain amount of them have been placed on the stage.

I have played around with the getTimer() function with no joy but I am not even sure if this is the right thing to use.

Please can any body help.

Many thanks in advance.

var num:Number = 0;

_root.onMouseMove=function() {

var temp = _root.attachMovie("flower","flower"+num++,_root.getNextHighestDepth());


temp._x = _root._xmouse + Math.random()*80;
temp._y = _root._ymouse + Math.random()*80;
temp.gotoAndPlay(Math.ceil(Math.random()*4));
temp._xscale = temp._yscale = Math.random()*100 +20;
temp._rotation = Math.random()*360;
temp._alpha = Math.random()*100 + 30;

}