replace an xml file

[Armondo]

ok so i have this xml based dynamic 3d carousel...and i want to make it to where i can load another xml file when you press a button to toggle between the "new animations" page and the "old animations" page. i thought loading the new xml file in an onrelease function....but all it does is add on the other xml page's content ontop of the current one.

anyway, my code:
stop();

import mx.utils.Delegate;
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

var numOfItems:Number;
var radiusX:Number = 300;
var radiusY:Number = 75;
var centerX:Number = Stage.width / 2;
var centerY:Number = Stage.height / 2;
var speed:Number = 0.05;
var perspective:Number = 130;
var home:MovieClip = this;

var tooltip:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("tooltip","tooltip",10000);
tooltip._alpha = 0;
movbg._alpha = 0;
holder._alpha = 0;
loader._visible = false;

var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;

xml.onLoad = function()
{
var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes;
numOfItems = nodes.length;
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t = home.attachMovie("item","item"+i,i+1);
t.angle = i * ((Math.PI*2)/numOfItems);
t.onEnterFrame = mover;
t.toolText = nodes[i].attributes.tooltip;
t.movieUrl = nodes[i].attributes.murl;
t.movieWidth = nodes[i].attributes.mwidth;
t.movieHeight = nodes[i].attributes.mheight;
t.movieBgc = nodes[i].attributes.mbgc;
t.content = nodes[i].attributes.content;
t.icon.inner.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);
t.r.inner.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);
t.icon.onRollOver = over;
t.icon.onRollOut = out;
t.icon.onRelease = released;
}
}
function over()
{
//BONUS Section
var sou:Sound = new Sound();
sou.attachSound("sover");
sou.start();

home.tooltip.tipText.text = this._parent.toolText;
home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height/2;
home.tooltip.onEnterFrame = Delegate.create(this,moveTip);
home.tooltip._alpha = 100;
}

function out()
{
delete home.tooltip.onEnterFrame;
home.tooltip._alpha = 0;
}

function released()
{
//BONUS Section
var sou:Sound = new Sound();
sou.attachSound("sdown");
sou.start();

home.tooltip._alpha = 0;
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i];
t.xPos = t._x;
t.yPos = t._y;
t.theScale = t._xscale;
delete t.icon.onRollOver;
delete t.icon.onRollOut;
delete t.icon.onRelease;
delete t.onEnterFrame;
if(t != this._parent)
{
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut,t._xscale,0,1,true);
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,t._yscale,0,1,true);
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,100,0,1,true);
}
else
{
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut,t._xscale,100,1,true);
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,t._yscale,100,1,true);
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_x",Strong.easeOut,t._x,67,1,true);
var tw4:Tween = new Tween(t,"_y",Strong.easeOut,t._y,600,1,true);
var tw5:Tween = new Tween(theText,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,100,1,true);
theText.text = t.content;
var s:Object = this;
loader._visible = true;
movieBG = "0x" + t.movieBgc;
movbg._alpha = 100;
var colorful = new Color("_root.movbg");
colorful.setRGB(movieBG);
holder._alpha = 100;
holder.holderR._width = t.movieWidth;
holder.holderR._height = t.movieHeight;
movbg._width = t.movieWidth;
movbg._height = t.movieHeight;
masky._width = t.movieWidth;
masky._height = t.movieHeight;
mcl.loadClip(t.movieUrl,holder);

tw.onMotionStopped = function()
{
s.onRelease = unReleased;
}
}
}
}

function unReleased()
{
//BONUS Section
var sou:Sound = new Sound();
sou.attachSound("sdown");
sou.start();

delete this.onRelease;
var tw:Tween = new Tween(theText,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,100,0,0.5,true);
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i];
if(t != this._parent)
{
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut,0,t.theScale,1,true);
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,0,t.theScale,1,true);
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,100,1,true);
}
else
{
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut,100,t.theScale,1,true);
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,100,t.theScale,1,true);
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_x",Strong.easeOut,t._x,t.xPos,1,true);
var tw4:Tween = new Tween(t,"_y",Strong.easeOut,t._y,t.yPos,1,true);
tw.onMotionStopped = function()
{
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i];
t.icon.onRollOver = Delegate.create(t.icon,over);
t.icon.onRollOut = Delegate.create(t.icon,out);
t.icon.onRelease = Delegate.create(t.icon,released);
t.onEnterFrame = mover;
}
}
}
}
}


function moveTip()
{
home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height/2;
}
Animations.onRelease = function() {
xml.load("old.xml");
}

xml.load("icons.xml");

preloadbar_mc.onEnterFrame = function(){

if (!this.target) return (0);
var loaded = target.getBytesLoaded();
var total = target.getBytesTotal();

var scale = 0;
if (loaded && total){

var percent = loaded/total;
scale = 100 * percent;

}

this._xscale = scale;

}

preloadbar_mc.target = xml;

function mover()
{
this._x = Math.cos(this.angle) * radiusX + centerX;
this._y = Math.sin(this.angle) * radiusY + centerY;
var s = (this._y - perspective) /(centerY+radiusY-perspective);
this._xscale = this._yscale = s*100;
this.angle += this._parent.speed;
this.swapDepths(Math.round(this._xscale) + 100);
}

this.onMouseMove = function()
{
speed = (this._xmouse-centerX)/2500;
}

// load exflash

var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

var mclL:Object = new Object();

mclL.onLoadProgress = function(target,loaded,total) {
loader.percent.text = Math.round((loaded/total) * 100) + "%";
}

mclL.onLoadInit = function() {
loader._visible = false;
loader.percent.text = "";
}

mcl.addListener(mclL);

// mcl.loadClip("poh.swf",holder);


so without all that other crap in the explaination, this is what i am stumped at: i want to be able to press a button and be able to clear out the current xml created content and load the new content from "old.xml". thanks in advance!

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

In your onRelease you need to redeclare all of this
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;

xml.onLoad = function()
{
var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes;
numOfItems = nodes.length;
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t = home.attachMovie("item","item"+i,i+1);
t.angle = i * ((Math.PI*2)/numOfItems);
t.onEnterFrame = mover;
t.toolText = nodes[i].attributes.tooltip;
t.movieUrl = nodes[i].attributes.murl;
t.movieWidth = nodes[i].attributes.mwidth;
t.movieHeight = nodes[i].attributes.mheight;
t.movieBgc = nodes[i].attributes.mbgc;
t.content = nodes[i].attributes.content;
t.icon.inner.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);
t.r.inner.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);
t.icon.onRollOver = over;
t.icon.onRollOut = out;
t.icon.onRelease = released;
}
}

[Armondo]

nope, doesn't work...it just adds it onto the current content just like i have already done.

if i can figure this out, i think i can figure everything else out...How do i clear everything generated by the first xml file?