Flash mc.props loop logic

hi, i’m a little bit stumped here, appreciate it if someone could help
the story:

i want to build this xml-based menu. up until animating the menu is fine, basically

  • took the menu data from xml, put them into array,
  • attach a template mc, duplicate & rename accordingly.
init = function(){
	menuArr = ["a", "b", "c", "d"];
	var len = menuArr.length;
	this.attachMovie("tmpl", "menu", 1, {_x: 20, _y: 100});
	for(i=0; i <len; i++){
		menus = menu.duplicateMovieClip(menuArr*, (menu.getDepth()+i)*2);
		trace(menus); // output: _level0.a, _level0.b, _level0.c, etc
	}
}
init();

no problem there. the problem lies in animating those mcs so that they slide in as menu starts… like in the attchment.

so, what’s the logic… i mean, do i put the mc coord in separate array/multidimensional array and go from there,
or
i dunno…

any help is great, guys, thx :hr: