# \[?\] Manipulating loaded movieClips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manipulating-loaded-movieclips/213832>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [January 23, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manipulating-loaded-movieclips/213832 "2007-01-23T16:53:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![decumbo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/decumbo/32/1890_2.png) [@decumbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/decumbo)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/manipulating-loaded-movieclips/213832/1 "2007-01-23T16:53:41Z")

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```auto
#include "config.txt"
 
var tTiles = terrainTiles; // from config.txt
var tPath = terrainPath; // from config.txt
var fType = FileType; // from config.txt
 
var selectedTile:String;
 
// loading stuff
function loadImages(imageNum, imageLocation, fileType) {
 var imageList = Array();
 var images:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("images", this.getNextHighestDepth());
 for (var i=1; i<= imageNum; ++i) {
  imageList.push(imageLocation+i+fileType);
 }
 for (var i=1; i <= imageNum; ++i) {
  images.createEmptyMovieClip("t"+i, i);
  images["t"+i].createEmptyMovieClip("e"+i, i);
  images["t"+i]["e"+i].loadMovie(imageList[i-1]);
  images["t"+i]._alpha = 50;
  images["t"+i].onRollOver = function() { this._alpha = 100; }
  images["t"+i].onRollOut = function () { fadeOut(this); }
  images["t"+i].onPress = function () { tileSelect(this); trace(selectedTile); }
 }
 return images;
}
 
var images:MovieClip = loadImages(tTiles, tPath, fType);
 
function tileSelect(tile) {
 currentTileBox.removeMovieClip();
 currentTileBox.duplicateMovieClip(images.tile, tile+"sel", currentTileBox.getNextHighestDepth());
 currentTileBox.attachMovie(tile+"sel", "tile selection", currentTileBox.getNextHighestDepth(), {_width:2, _height:2});
 selectedTile = tile._name;
}

```

I can trace the current selection no problem but the selected tile does not duplicate and embed itself into the currentTileBox. I know the problem lies within the tileSelect function. Perhaps scoping issue? Am I referring everything correctly?

If it aids at all, this is what I am working on:  
[http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~bbobnis/](http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~bbobnis/)

Thanks in advance,  
decumbo