XML loaded via attachMovie into MovieCLip

programming flash
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Hello all, I
'm pretty new with flash and right now I’m stuck with a problem that I don’t seem to come out off. I’m working on my new site that has 3 sections that each load a movieclip using attachMovie.

Now the problem happens when I load the slideshow, its all broken and even if I change the _root to _parent or this, it doesn’t work
can you please help me
here’s the original code
http://pastebin.com/f35bd8861

_root.originThumbnailX = mc_thumbnail._x;
// The following is for the categories:
var myXML:XML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myXML.load(“category.xml”);
myXML.onLoad = loadXML;
var catBtns:Array = Array();
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
rootNode = this.firstChild;
_root.numberOfItem = rootNode.firstChild.childNodes.length;
verticalDistance = rootNode.lastChild.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
for (var i = 0; i<_root.numberOfItem; i++) {
menuList.categoryAll.m_category.btn.duplicateMovieClip(“btn”+i, i);

        _root.main.menuList.categoryAll.m_category["btn"+i].theText = rootNode.firstChild.childNodes*.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
        _root.main.menuList.categoryAll.m_category["btn"+i].theID = rootNode.firstChild.childNodes*.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
        _root.main.menuList.categoryAll.m_category["btn"+i]._x = _root.main.menuList.categoryAll.m_category.btn0._x+(i*verticalDistance);
        _root.main.menuList.categoryAll.m_category["btn"+i].btnNumber = i;
        catBtns.push(_root.main.menuList.categoryAll.m_category["btn"+i]);
    }
    
    // set the first button as the default current button
    catBtns[0].gotoAndStop("2");
    _root.currentBtn = 0;
}

}

function resetAllButtons() {
catBtns[_root.currentBtn].gotoAndPlay(“1”);
}

thanks

Arnaud