When an object is deleted are associated tweens killed?

[Popinjay]

When an object is deleted are associated tweens killed without deleting them explicitly?

 

E.g.  If I have a movieclip that is being tweened and I remove references to it and take it off the display list but don't kill the tween.

 

My question is actually a bit more general than just for GS tweens.  I am concerned about events too.  Such as if I have an enter-frame event for a MC and then remove the MC.  Is the enter frame event still taking up some process time or does it disappear with the next garbage collection?

 

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[Carl]

Hi,

 

When an object is deleted are associated tweens killed without deleting them explicitly?

 

 

Nope. You would have to manage the killing of tweens yourself.

 

Try this basic example:

 

 

TweenLite.to(mc, 2, {x:400, onUpdate:moveIt});


function moveIt():void{
trace(mc.x);
}


function removeIt():void{
removeChild(mc);
mc = null;
}


TweenLite.delayedCall(1, removeIt);

You will see that even after the mc is killed and null=ed by the removeIt() function, the tween is still running. 

 

This can easily be remedied with TweenLite.killTweensOf().

 

 

function removeIt():void{
TweenLite.killTweensOf(mc);
removeChild(mc);
mc = null;
}