Simple Way to AttachMovie for ActionScript 3.0 (AS3)

If you want to attach movie clip from library to stage in AS3, you should use addChild function. But I prefer the AS2 way to do that, which is called attachMovie.
And also, to remove a movie clip, you can use my AS2-like function to do that.
Here is a function to attach movie and remove movie in AS3 :


function myRemoveMovieClip(target){
if(target != null){
var parent1 = target.parent;
var instance = target.name;
if(parent1.getChildByName(instance) != null){
parent1.removeChild(parent1.getChildByName(instance));
target = null;
}
}
}



function myAttachMovie(tempMov:MovieClip,instance:String,parent1:MovieClip,pos:Object){
if(parent1.getChildByName(instance) != null){
myRemoveMovieClip(parent1.getChildByName(instance));
}
tempMov.name = instance;
parent1.addChild(tempMov);
for(var i in pos){
tempMov[i] = pos[i];
}
return tempMov;
}


Here is an example to use those functions :

myAttachMovie(new linkageNameInLibrary(), "instanceNameYouWant", MovieClip(root), {x:250, y:90});
myRemoveMovieClip(MovieClip(root).getChildByName("instanceNameYouWant"));

Note :
In AS3, to access an instance of movieClip/button in stage, which you attached using code, you must use getChildByName like above example.
If not attached using code, I mean if you place a movieClip/button directly and give it an instance name, you must access it like this : MovieClip(root).instanceNameYouWant