# \[mx\] Adding mc's in an emptyMovieClip fails

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-adding-mcs-in-an-emptymovieclip-fails/129588>\
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**Created:** [November 25, 2004, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-adding-mcs-in-an-emptymovieclip-fails/129588 "2004-11-25T10:47:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![grappaFruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@grappaFruit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grappaFruit)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-adding-mcs-in-an-emptymovieclip-fails/129588/1 "2004-11-25T10:47:03Z")

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Fairly simple question:

When I create a new mc:

```auto
 _root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);

```

and try to attach one into it:

```auto
 _root.container.attachMovie("exc","child_a", 1);

```

or simply:

```auto
 _root.container.createEmptyMovieClip("child_b", 1);

```

nothing works - it simply doesn’t want to get in…

Even when I give the “container” content with [.lineTo()], nothing continious to happen.

I guess it has something to do with the ‘emptyness’ of the mc, but how to solve?