User Guide

572 Chapter 12: Methods

• When used with one argument, memberObjRef, the unLoadMember() method clears from

memory the cast members in that frame.

• When used with two arguments, fromMemberNameOrNum and toMemberNameOrNum, the

unLoadMember() method unloads all cast members in the range specified. You can specify a

range of cast members by frame numbers or frame labels.

Parameters

memberObjRef

Optional. A reference to the cast member to unload from memory.

fromMemberNameOrNum Required if clearing a range of cast members. A string or integer that

specifies the name or number of the first cast member in a range to unload from memory.

toMemberNameOrNum Required if clearing a range of cast members. A string or integer that

specifies the name or number of the last cast member in a range to unload from memory.

Example

This statement clears from memory the cast member Screen1:

-- Lingo syntax

_movie.unLoadMember(member("Screen1"))

// JavaScript syntax

_movie.unLoadMember(member("Screen1));

This statement clears from memory all cast members from cast member 1 to cast member Big

Movie:

-- Lingo syntax

_movie.unLoadMember(member(1), member("Big Movie"))

// JavaScript syntax

_movie.unLoadMember(member(1), member("Big Movie"));