Making a reset placed objects button in Flash (as3) - actionscript-3

Question

I have a drag and drop project where everytime I click on a movieclip a clone is made that can be dragged. I would like to know how to make a button that can reset/remove the clones when the button is pressed.
This is what I got so far:
import flash.display.MovieClip;
var latestClone:MovieClip;
plus.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onPlusPressed);
function onPlusPressed(event:MouseEvent):void
{
latestClone = new Plus();
latestClone.x = event.stageX;
latestClone.y = event.stageY;
addChild(latestClone);
latestClone.startDrag();
latestClone.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, latestClone.startDrag);
}
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onStageReleased);
function onStageReleased(event:MouseEvent):void
{
if(latestClone != null){
latestClone.stopDrag();
}
}

Answer 1

Add all of your clones in an array, and loop over the array and do a removeChild on each item in the array. So:
var items:Array = new Array();
....
addChild(latestClone);
items.push(latestClone);
....
var resetButton:SimpleButton = new SimpleButton();
//set your button properties here
resetButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onResetClicked);
addChild(resetButton);
function onResetClicked(e:MouseEvent):void
{
reset();
}
function reset():void
{
for (var i:uint = 0; i < items.length; i ++)
{
removeChild(items[i]);
items[i] = null;
}
items = new Array();
}
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

just declare container variable like so:
var clone_container:Sprite = new Sprite();
put all clones inside,than u can clear it up very easely:
while(clone_container.numChildren > 0){
clone_container.removeChildAt(0);
}
that's all..

Answer 3

I found the solution to my question by testing several possibilities with the code that was posted + searching other questions.
This is the code that worked:
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var latestClone:MovieClip;
plus.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onPlusPressed);
function onPlusPressed(event:MouseEvent):void
{
latestClone = new Plus();
latestClone.x = event.stageX;
latestClone.y = event.stageY;
addChild(latestClone);
latestClone.startDrag();
latestClone.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,onClonedPlusPressed);
}
function onClonedPlusPressed(event:MouseEvent):void{
latestClone = MovieClip(event.currentTarget);
latestClone.startDrag();
}
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onStageReleased);
function onStageReleased(event:MouseEvent):void
{
if(latestClone != null){
latestClone.stopDrag();
items.push(latestClone);
}
}
resetButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_MouseClickHandler);
function fl_MouseClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
}
var items:Array = new Array();
resetButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onResetClicked);
addChild(resetButton);
function onResetClicked(e:MouseEvent):void
{
reset();
}
function reset():void
{
for (var i:uint = 0; i < items.length; i ++)
{ items[i].removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,onClonedPlusPressed);
if(items[i].parent) items[i].parent.removeChild(items[i]);
items[i] = null;
}
items = new Array()
}

Answer 4

you most add an array and push object into this,
your solution:
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
var latestClone:MovieClip;
plus.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onPlusPressed);
var plusArray:Array = new Array();
resetbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,resetFunc);
function resetFunc(e:Event)
{
for (var i=0; i<plusArray.length; i++)
{
removeChild(plusArray[i]);
}
plusArray = new Array()
}
function onPlusPressed(event:MouseEvent):void
{
latestClone = new Plus();
latestClone.x = event.stageX;
latestClone.y = event.stageY;
plusArray.push(latestClone);
addChild(plusArray[plusArray.length-1]);
plusArray[plusArray.length - 1].startDrag();
plusArray[plusArray.length - 1].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, plusArray[plusArray.length-1].startDrag);
}
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onStageReleased);
function onStageReleased(event:MouseEvent):void
{
if (latestClone != null)
{
latestClone.stopDrag();
}
}
Good luck