Need to scroll MC with multiple attached movies inside

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{v. FLASH MX 2004}

hello all,
i am loading some thumbnails from an xml file into a movieclip using attachMovie() - each thumbnail loaded is in it’s own MC inside the ‘container’ MC. everything works great but i need to be able to scroll the thumbnails b/c the number of thumbnails can change but the space they have to fit into cannot. make sense? if attach them to a scrollpane or a textarea instead of a MC it only shows the last thumnail loaded or iterated in the for loop.

i’ve spent all day searching through examples and tutorials but can’t find any solutions!! anybody got any ideas?

 
 articleNos = seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes.length;
 
 var item_spacing = 55;
 var item_count = 0;
 
 for (var z = 0; z < articleNos; z++){ // start looping through xml
 
 art_title = seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue; //title
 art_subtitle = seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue; //sub title
 art_number = seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue; //article number
 article.text = seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue; //article content
 art_photo = seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[4].firstChild.nodeValue; //photo for article
 art_thumb = seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[z].childNodes[5].firstChild.nodeValue; // thumbnail link
 _root.cover_pic.loadMovie(seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[4].firstChild.nodeValue,1); // issue cover
 
 item = seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
  var item_mc = _root.thumb_list.attachMovie("menu_item","item"+item_count, item_count);
   item_mc._y = item_count * item_spacing;
   item_count++;
  item_mc.loadMovie(seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[z].childNodes[5].firstChild.nodeValue,1);
  scroller.loadMovie(seasArts.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[z].childNodes[5].firstChild.nodeValue,1);
 
 }// end for xml loop

THANKS!!!