how to create AS3 duplicate movie clip and track x,y positions

code on in root of file
 
//import tweenlite classes
import gs.TweenLite;
import gs.globals;
import gs.easing.*;
 
var masker;
 
var MENU_ARRAY:Array; //used to save the items data
var OPENED_MENU:int; //to inform the menu that should be open at startup
var MOVE_ON_MOUSE_OVER:Boolean=false; //tha name says everything
var xmlLoader:URLLoader; //the xml loader
 
loadXML("menu2.xml"); //load the xml
 
function loadXML(Uri:String):void {
	xmlLoader = new URLLoader();
	xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
	xmlLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onError);
	xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(Uri));
}
function onError(evt:ErrorEvent):void {
trace("cannot load xml file");
}
 
function onComplete(evt:Event):void {
//read and load xml into array, by parsing it using prepareMenu
MENU_ARRAY=prepareMenu(xmlLoader.data.toString());
placeItemsOnStage(); //place all required items on stage.
}
 
function placeItemsOnStage():void {
var pos:Number=0;
var labelStyle:TextFormat;
var mytext:String = '';
 
//define the container properties
menuContainer.x=0;
menuContainer.y=0;
 
for(var c:int=0; c<MENU_ARRAY.length; c++) {
		var it:menuItem = new menuItem; //load out menuItem, because its exported to AS, we can use it here
		it.x=c*30; //its the gray border width
		it.y=0; //place on top
		it.id="Item-"+c; //id the menuItem
		it.name="Item-"+c; //name de menuItem
		it.posX=pos; //actual pos, useful to open and know is position
		it.itemLabel.text=String(MENU_ARRAY[c].Ititle).toUpperCase(); //load the label in uppercase
		
		
		mytext = it.itemLabel.text;
		var a:String = mytext;
		var aa:int = mytext.length;
		
		var b:String = '';
		var e:int = 0;
		var d:int = 1;
		var f:String = '';
		
		for (var i:int=0; i<aa; i++)
		{
			if (i == 0)
			{
				b = a.substr(e,1) + "\n";
			}
			else
			{
				b = b + a.substr(e,1) + "\n";
			}
			e = e + 1;
			d = d + 1;
		}
		it.itemLabel.text = b;
		
		labelStyle= new TextFormat();
		labelStyle.color = MENU_ARRAY[c].Icolor; //this must be an hexadecimal color: 0xffcc00
		labelStyle.bold = true; //this must be an hexadecimal color: 0xffcc00
		it.itemLabel.setTextFormat(labelStyle); //apply the textFormat.
		it.tweenmc.stop();
		
		it.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick); //add mouse click listener
		if(MOVE_ON_MOUSE_OVER==true) it.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onMouseOver); //if configured, load the mouse over event
		it.useHandCursor=true;  //use hand cursor
		it.buttonMode=true; //buttonMode
		it.itemText.visible=false; //hide the textField
		menuContainer.addChild(it); //add the menu item as child
 
		//if(String(MENU_ARRAY[c].IcontentType)=="image/swf")	{ //check the content and load things accordint to it
//			var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
//			ldr.x=30;
//			ldr.y=0;
//			it.addChild(ldr);
//			ldr.load(new URLRequest(MENU_ARRAY[c].IcontentData.toString()));		
		//}
//		else if(String(MENU_ARRAY[c].IcontentType)=="text") {
//			it.itemText.visible=true;
//			it.itemText.text=MENU_ARRAY[c].IcontentData.toString();
//		}
		
		pos+=28; //the next menuItem x position
	}
 
	//put mask in place
	masker.width=(MENU_ARRAY.length*29+800)
	masker.height=menuContainer.height;
	masker.x=0;
	masker.y=0;
 
	moveItem(OPENED_MENU-0); //open menu confirured in XML
	
}
 
function onMouseOver(evt:MouseEvent):void {
if(evt.target.name.toString()=="buttonBack") prepareMove(evt)
if(evt.target.name.toString()=="tweenmc") prepareMove(evt)
}
 
function prepareMove(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	var targetName:String = evt.currentTarget.name.toString(); //get the menuItem 
	var temp:Array = targetName.split("-"); //split his name: Item-x
	trace(temp)
	var itemNumber:int=(temp[1]); //got item number
	moveItem(itemNumber); //move it
}
 
function onMouseClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	if(evt.target.name.toString()=="buttonBack")  prepareMove(evt); //mouse action was done in buttonBack
	//else trace("Item "+evt.currentTarget.name+" clicked!"); //mouse action was made on accordion area
	//this.tweenmc.gotoAndPlay(2)
	//evt.target.name.tweenmc.gotoAndPlay(2); //trace(evt.target.name.toString()); 
	//mouse action was done in buttonBack
	//(evt.target as menuItem).tweenmc.gotoAndPlay(2);
	//(evt.target as menuItem).tweenmc.gotoAndStop(2);
 
	else 
	{
		globals.num.foo = 2;
		trace(globals.num.foo);
		//(evt.currentTarget as menuItem).tweenmc.gotoAndPlay(2);
		trace("Item "+evt.currentTarget.name+" clicked!");
	} //trace("Item "+evt.currentTarget.name+" clicked!"); //mouse action was made on accordion area
}
 
 
function moveItem(num:int):void {
	var itemToMove:menuItem=menuContainer.getChildByName("Item-"+String(num)) as menuItem;
	itemToMove.tweenmc.gotoAndPlay(2);
	itemToMove.gotoAndPlay(2);
	//get the menuItem child
		for(var m=0;m<MENU_ARRAY.length;m++) //move one-by-one to the new position
		{
			var tempMc = menuContainer.getChildByName("Item-"+m);
			if(tempMc.x > itemToMove.x) TweenLite.to(tempMc, 1, {x:((tempMc.posX) + itemToMove.width-30), ease:Quart.easeOut}); //see tweenLite for info about this.
			else if(tempMc.x <= itemToMove.x) TweenLite.to(tempMc, 1, {x:(tempMc.posX), ease:Quart.easeOut});	
		}
		
}
 
function prepareMenu (XMLData:String):Array
		{
			//make sure it cames in XML
			var menuXML:XML = new XML(XMLData);
			//just in case
			menuXML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
		
			//get XML item's entrys
			var XMLItems = menuXML.descendants("item");
 
			//load all items into an array
			var itemsArray:Array = new Array();
			var itemObj:Object;
			for(var i in XMLItems)
			{
				itemObj=new Object();
				itemObj.Ititle=XMLItems[i].@Ititle;
				itemObj.IcontentType=XMLItems[i].@IcontentType;
				itemObj.IcontentData=XMLItems[i].@IcontentData;
				itemObj.Icolor=XMLItems[i].@Icolor;
				itemObj.itemID="menu"+i;
				itemsArray.push(itemObj);
			}
		OPENED_MENU=menuXML.@menuOpen; //get menu for open.
 	 	MOVE_ON_MOUSE_OVER=(menuXML.@moveOnMouseOver.toString()=="true" ? true : false); //get the option for load or not mouseOver open
		return itemsArray;
}
//finish.
stop();
 
 
 
 
code on root of duplicated movie clip that was created above.
 
stop();
var xmlLoader2:URLLoader; //the xml loader
 
var MENU_ARRAY2:Array; //used to save the items data
var OPENED_MENU2:int; //to inform the menu that should be open at startup
var MOVE_ON_MOUSE_OVER2:Boolean=false; //tha name says everything
loadXML("in_menu.xml"); //load the xml
 
function loadXML(Uri:String):void {
	xmlLoader2 = new URLLoader();
	xmlLoader2.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete2);
	xmlLoader2.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onError2);
	xmlLoader2.load(new URLRequest(Uri));
}
 
function onError2(evt:ErrorEvent):void {
trace("cannot load xml file");
}
 
function onComplete2(evt2:Event):void {
//read and load xml into array, by parsing it using prepareMenu
MENU_ARRAY2=prepareMenu2(xmlLoader2.data.toString());
placeItemsOnStage2(); //place all required items on stage.
}
 
function placeItemsOnStage2():void 
{
	var pos2:Number=0;
	var labelStyle2:TextFormat;
	
	for(var c2:int=0; c2<MENU_ARRAY2.length; c2++) 
	{
		var it:menuItem = new menuItem;
		var it2:inMenu = new inMenu; //load out menuItem, because its exported to AS, we can use it here
		it.it2.x=c2;//*30; //its the gray border width
		it.it2.y=0; //place on top
		it.it2.id="Item-"+c2; //id the menuItem
		it.it2.name="Item-"+c2; //name de menuItem
		it.it2.posX2=pos2; //actual pos, useful to open and know is position
		it.it2.xmltxt.text=String(MENU_ARRAY2[c2].Ititle).toUpperCase(); //load the label in uppercase
		trace(it2.xmltxt.text);
		labelStyle2= new TextFormat();
		labelStyle2.bold = true; //this must be an hexadecimal color: 0xffcc00
		it.it2.xmltxt.setTextFormat(labelStyle2); //apply the textFormat.
		trace(it2.xmltxt.text);
		it.it2.useHandCursor=true;  //use hand cursor
		it.it2.buttonMode=true; //buttonMode
			var ldr2:Loader = new Loader();
			ldr2.x=33;
			ldr2.y=0;
			it2.addChild(ldr2);
			ldr2.load(new URLRequest(MENU_ARRAY2[c2].IcontentData.toString()));	
			
			
			
	}
	
	pos2+=28;
}
 
function prepareMenu2 (XMLData2:String):Array
		{
			//make sure it cames in XML
			var menuXML2:XML = new XML(XMLData2);
			//just in case
			menuXML2.ignoreWhitespace = true;
		
			//get XML item's entrys
			var XMLItems2 = menuXML2.descendants("image1");
 
			//load all items into an array
			var itemsArray2:Array = new Array();
			var itemObj2:Object;
			for(var i in XMLItems2)
			{
				itemObj2=new Object();
				itemObj2.Ititle=XMLItems2[i].@Ititle;
				trace(itemObj2.Ititle);
				//itemObj2.IcontentType=XMLItems2[i].@IcontentType;
				itemObj2.IcontentData=XMLItems2[i].@IcontentData;
				trace(itemObj2.IcontentData);
				//itemObj2.Iimage=XMLItems2[i].@Iimage;
				itemObj2.Iurl=XMLItems2[i].@Iurl;
				trace(itemObj2.Iurl);
				
				//trace(itemObj2.Iurl);
				
				itemObj2.itemID="menu"+i;
				itemsArray2.push(itemObj2);
			}
		OPENED_MENU2=menuXML2.@menuOpen; //get menu for open.
 	 	MOVE_ON_MOUSE_OVER2=(menuXML2.@moveOnMouseOver.toString()=="true" ? true : false); //get the option for load or not mouseOver open
		return itemsArray2;
}
                                              

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