Accessing MC after attachMovie

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Accessing MC after attachMovie

Hi all,

This is a simplified version of the script I’m using.


var aNames:Array = ["Bob", "Carl", "Christopher", "Wayne", "Peter"];
for (var i = 0; i<aNames.length; i++) {
	nameBtn = mholder.attachMovie("mbtn", "mbtn"+i, mholder.getNextHighestDepth());
	nameBtn.tTxt.text = aNames*;
	nameBtn.tTxt.autoSize = "left"
	nameBtn._y = 0;
	//
	//
	if (i != 0) {
		var nameBtnPrev = nameBtn["mbtn"+(i-1)];//trying to get to previous mc
		trace(nameBtnPrev);
		nameBtn._x = nameBtnPrev._x+nameBtnPrev._width+20;
	}

}

I’m trying to make a simple horizontal navigation and the buttons which are MCs need to be spaced evenly with the same space inbetween. I’m trying to do it using the previous clips _x and width and then spacing the next clip after that.

The problem is I’ve forgot (or can’t) access the previous clip. I was trying to it this way.


var nameBtnPrev = nameBtn["mbtn"+(i-1)];