Storing dynamic mc's in an array

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i am trying to create a menu which is 100% on the fly. the menu item names are stored in a multidimensional array with attatched sub menu items/names. i am trying to create a mc and a txt field for each item in the top menu. i am trying to also store the newly created mc’s and txt fields in an array or their own so i can manage the menu motions/tweens better. however, i get several errors, why wont this work?

// ed@goelegant.com
// http://www.goelegant.com
// menu.fla

// Do not allow scaling, stop the movie
Stage.scaleMode = “noScale”;
Stage.showMenu = false;

//Global TimeLine Reference
_global.gTml = this;

//-----------------------------------------------------------
// these are the variables for the menu, change and expect wonders

// colors to use in the menu, lets keep it pretty
_global.myMenuText1 = 10000536;
_global.myMenuText2 = 6875903;
_global.myMenuText3 = 6865663;

_global.myX = 100;
_global.myY = 100;

// font for menu and whether or not menu items from arrays will be converted to uppercase or not, boolean
_global.menuFont = “atlantis_shared”;
_global.menuFontSize = 8;

//-----------------------------------------------------------
// heres the data we will use to populate the menus nodes

// items in the parent menu
_global.parentMenuItems = new Array(“Portfolio”, “Services”, “About”, “Contact”);

// define each child (sub-menu)
_global.Portfolio = [“goelegant.com”, “openformats.com”, “networkprodigy.com”];
_global.Services = [“Branding”, “Site Design”, “CMS”, “Custom Web Application”, “Identity”];
_global.About = [“Team”];
_global.Contact = [“Call Me”, “Contact Form”, “Contact Info”];

// array to hold the movieclips in
_global.topMenuMCs = new Array();
_global.topMenuTXTs = new Array();

//-----------------------------------------------------------
// prototypes to use for tweening, motion, etc

// prototype for tweening an object into its designated space with a lil’ bit of style
MovieClip.prototype.moveIn = function() {
boxTweenX = new mx.transitions.Tween(this, “_x”, mx.transitions.easing.Bounce.easeIn, -500, this._x, 3, true);
boxTweenX.cont_mc = this;
boxTweenX.onMotionFinished = function() {
//boxTweenXScale = new mx.transitions.Tween(this.cont_mc, “_alpha”, mx.transitions.easing.Strong.easeOut, 99, 50, 1, true);
//boxTweenXScale.onMotionFinished = this.yoyo();
}
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------

// text formating for the menu
gTml.menu_fmt = new TextFormat();
with (menu_fmt) {
font = menuFont
size = menuFontSize
color = myTextLight;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------

// function to draw the top menu
function drawMenu() {
for(i = 0; i < parentMenuItems.length; i ++) {
topMenuMCs* = eval(parentMenuItems* + “_mc”);
topMenuTXTs* = eval(parentMenuItems* + “_txt”);
gTml.createEmptyMovieClip(topMenuMCs*, gTml.getNextHighestDepth());
topMenuMCs*.createTextField(topMenuTXTs*, gTml.getNextHighestDepth(), myX, myY, 60, 20);
with (gTml.topMenuMCs*.topMenuTXTs*) {
border = false;
autoSize = false;
_alpha = “99”;
selectable = false;
html = false;
embedFonts = true;
}
gTml.topMenuMCs*.topMenuTXTs*.text = parentMenuItems*;
gTml.topMenuMCs*.topMenuTXTs*.setTextFormat(menu_fmt);
myY = myY + 30;
}
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------
// lets call functions to start drawing out the stage and moving the mc’s in

// draw the menu
drawMenu();