Question

I have loaded an external swf file which plays a flv file by default as swf is loaded. Now the problem is how do i remove the swf file from memory. my code :

var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();                     
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("ExternalSWF.swf");  
myLoader.load(url);                                     
detailMovieClip.movieHolder.addChild(myLoader);

I have tried many combinations of removeChild, unload and unloadAndStop but none works. I figure its all about not referencing correctly.

Update:

I went with the answer from Jegan, but it only work when i am testing in a dummy project which has only 1 numChildren, howver in real world code example numChildren reported 22 so i am not sure if that would be an issue. here is the real world code:

var myImageLoader:Loader;
var myImageRequest:URLRequest;
var theImagePath:String;

//part from xml processor function

theImagePath = "flash/"+myXML..item_video_link[n];
loadTheMovie(theImagePath);

function loadTheMovie(theImagePath):void{

myImageLoader = new Loader();
myImageRequest= new URLRequest(theImagePath);
myImageLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,showMeTheVideo);
myImageLoader.load(myImageRequest);

}

function showMeTheVideo(evt:Event):void{

 detailsMovieClip_mc.details_video_holder.dynamicVideoHolder.addChild(myImageLoader);

}

stopVideo(sectionname):viod{

if(detailsMovieClip_mc.details_video_holder.dynamicVideoHolder.numChildren !=0){  

trace("what is the number of children: "+numChildren);

 myImageLoader.unloadAndStop();

 detailsMovieClip_mc.details_video_holder.
 dynamicVideoHolder.removeChild(myImageLoader);


}
}

Answer 1

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, removeSWF);
function removeSWF (e:MouseEvent):void 
{
    if(detailMovieClip.movieHolder.numChildren !=0){        
        myLoader.unloadAndStop();

        detailMovieClip.movieHolder.removeChild(myLoader);// empty the movieClip memory
    }
}

OR
Name your Loader instance and then search by using getChildByName

myLoader.name = "myloader";

function removeSWF (e:MouseEvent):void 
    {
        if(detailMovieClip.movieHolder.numChildren !=0){        
            Loader(detailMovieClip.movieHolder.getChildByName("myloader")).unloadAndStop();
        detailMovieClip.movieHolder.removeChild(detailMovieClip.movieHolder.getChildByName("myloader"));// empty the movieClip memory
        }
    }