# Dynamic movie clip path problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-movie-clip-path-problem/63959>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 11, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-movie-clip-path-problem/63959 "2004-09-11T20:51:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![logikul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@logikul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/logikul)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-movie-clip-path-problem/63959/1 "2004-09-11T20:51:54Z")

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im trying to make empty clips inside other empty clips, im not exactly sure if im going about this the right way, but if anyone can help me out, that would rock

```auto

txtMovieName = new Array("mc_title", "mc_length", "mc_genre", "mc_bpm", "mc_format");

clipPath = "_level0"
function createClips() {
	for (i=0; i<txtMovieName.length; i++) {
	_root[clipPath].createEmptyMovieClip(txtMovieName*,depthLevel);
	_root[clipPath][txtMovieName*]._x = txtMovieXpos*;
	_root[clipPath][txtMovieName*]._y = 174;
	clipPath = clipPath+"."+txtMovieName*
}
}

```

the var - clipPath is adding each movie clip to itself properly, but when it creates the movies, it puts them all in \_root (level0)… cant figure out why

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-movie-clip-path-problem/63959/2 "2004-09-11T21:50:28Z")

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you don’t need to use levels. use movieClips instead.

how do you want these clips nested within each other?