Removing movieclips

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hello,

i’m loading external images from xml file.

this happens when the xml file is loaded


xmlPics.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
    
    if (success)
    {
        nPics = xmlPics.firstChild.childNodes.length;
        thumbs_mc.thumbs_bg._height = 200 + nPics*(THUMB_H + VMARGIN);
        if (thumbs_mc.thumbs_bg._height < CAREA_H)
        { 
           thumbs_mc.thumbs_bg._height = CAREA_H;
        }
        // create clips
        for (var i:Number = 0; i < nPics; i++)
        {
           var mc:MovieClip =               thumbs_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("pic"+i,iDepth++);
           mc._x = HMARGIN;
           mc._y = 25 + i*(THUMB_H + VMARGIN);
          
            mc.beginFill(0x444444);
            mc.moveTo(0, 0);
            mc.lineTo(THUMB_W, 0);
            mc.lineTo(THUMB_W, THUMB_H);
            mc.lineTo(0, THUMB_H);
            mc.lineTo(0, 0);
            mc.endFill();
           mc.beginFill(0x000000);
            mc.moveTo(1, 1);
            mc.lineTo(THUMB_W-1, 1);
            mc.lineTo(THUMB_W-1, THUMB_H-1);
            mc.lineTo(1, THUMB_H-1);
            mc.lineTo(1, 1);
            mc.endFill();
           
           // create actual picholder
           mc.createEmptyMovieClip("pic",mc.getNextHighestDepth());   
        }
        iLoader.loadClip(xmlPics.firstChild.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue,thumbs_mc.pic0.pic);
        
    }
}

// setup buttons
port_nav.mc_W.bW.onRelease = function()
{
    // load xml
    xmlPics.load("xml/portfolio_w.xml");
    port_nav.mc_W.gotoAndStop(2);
    port_nav.mc_P.gotoAndStop(1);
};
port_nav.mc_P.bP.onRelease = function()
{
    // load xml
    xmlPics.load("xml/portfolio_p.xml");
    port_nav.mc_P.gotoAndStop(2);
    port_nav.mc_W.gotoAndStop(1);
};

problem is once i load another xml file the images aren’t reset. plus empty filled movieclips cover the original ones.

how can i delete all previous thumbnails and reset the whole process?

i tried using removeMovieClip() but that doesnt help.

if you could help
thank you