hi,
i am using flash mx and am attaching movies to a main movie:

main_mc.attachMovie("movie0", "movieInstance0", 0);
movieInstance0._x = 211;
movieInstance0._y = 132;

and it works ok. but when, for the sake of my own clarity i decide to change
the name "movieInstance" to "car"

main_mc.attachMovie("movie0", "car0", 0);
// _x, _y assignment FAILS
car0._x = 211;
car0._y = 132;

the movieclip doesn't appear in the spot where i assigned it (it appears at
0,0), changing the names back to "movieInstance" solves the problem, however,
though leaves me wondering. anyone else experience this quirky behavior?

jigen3

also, attachMovie() behavior is very quirky to me, sometimes it works,
sometimes it doesn't, i reached a point where my original code doesn't do
anything at all now. anyone experience anything like this?

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car0._x = 211; // wrong
main_mc.car0._x = 211; // correct

You are attaching car0 to main_mc.
tralfaz