# Remove movie clip from scrollPane - need help

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**Created:** [September 11, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-movie-clip-from-scrollpane-need-help/200323 "2006-09-11T12:28:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Navarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Navarone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Navarone)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-movie-clip-from-scrollpane-need-help/200323/1 "2006-09-11T12:28:46Z")

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I am trying to remove a movieClip that gets added to my _room_ which is a scrollPane. I am not having any luck doing this, can someone help?  
Here is my code:

```auto

[COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] count:[COLOR=#993300]Number[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000]0[/COLOR];
combo_list.[COLOR=#000000]change[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#993300]function[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]eventObj[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
    thumbs.[COLOR=#000000]invalidate[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
    thumbs.[COLOR=#000000]refreshPane[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
    [COLOR=#f000f0]*//*[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] selItem:[COLOR=#993300]Object[/COLOR] = eventObj.[COLOR=#993300]target[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]selectedItem[/COLOR];
    [COLOR=#f000f0]*//trace("Item selected was: "+selItem.label);*[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] itemXML:[COLOR=#993300]XMLNode[/COLOR] = selItem.[COLOR=#993300]data[/COLOR];
    [COLOR=#f000f0]*//use saved reference to iterate through childNodes*[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#993300]for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] idx = [COLOR=#000000]0[/COLOR]; idx<itemXML.[COLOR=#993300]childNodes[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]length[/COLOR]; idx++[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#f000f0]*//trace("Item includes: "+itemXML.childNodes[idx].attributes.source);*[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] t_mc:[COLOR=#993300]MovieClip[/COLOR];
        t_mc = thumbs.[COLOR=#000000]content[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]attachMovie[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]"thumb_mc"[/COLOR], [COLOR=#0000ff]"thumb"[/COLOR]+idx, idx, [COLOR=#993300]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]getNextHighestDepth[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
        t_mc.[COLOR=#993300]_x[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000]5[/COLOR];
        t_mc.[COLOR=#993300]_y[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000]5[/COLOR]+[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]idx*[COLOR=#000000]80[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
        t_mc.[COLOR=#000000]idx[/COLOR] = idx;
        t_mc.[COLOR=#000000]now[/COLOR] = itemXML.[COLOR=#993300]childNodes[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR]idx[COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]attributes[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]source[/COLOR];
        [COLOR=#f000f0]*//trace(t_mc.idx);*[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#f000f0]*// *[/COLOR]
        t_mc.[COLOR=#993300]onRelease[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#993300]function[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
            [COLOR=#f000f0]*//trace(this.now)*[/COLOR]
            [COLOR=#f000f0]*//var tmp:MovieClip = room.content.createEmptyMovieClip("myLoader"+count, room.getNextHighestDepth());*[/COLOR]
            [COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] tmp:[COLOR=#993300]MovieClip[/COLOR] = room.[COLOR=#000000]content[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]createEmptyMovieClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]"myLoader"[/COLOR]+count, count+[COLOR=#000000]100[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
            count++;
            mcl.[COLOR=#993300]loadClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#993300]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]now[/COLOR]+[COLOR=#0000ff]".swf"[/COLOR], tmp[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
            tmp.[COLOR=#993300]_x[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000]100[/COLOR];
            tmp.[COLOR=#993300]_y[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000000]100[/COLOR];
            room.[COLOR=#000000]invalidate[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
            [COLOR=#993300]trace[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]"tmp= "[/COLOR]+tmp[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
            [COLOR=#993300]_global[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]temp_mc[/COLOR] = tmp;
        [COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR];
    [COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR];
combo_list.[COLOR=#000000]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]"change"[/COLOR], combo_list[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
[COLOR=#f000f0]*//*[/COLOR]
temp_mc.[COLOR=#993300]onPress[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#993300]function[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#993300]trace[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]"me"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
    room.[COLOR=#000000]spContentHolder[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]"myLoader"[/COLOR]+count[COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]removeMovieClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
    count--;
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR];

```