Accessing MC after attachMovie

Hi all,

This is a simplified version of the script I'm using.

var aNames:Array = ["Bob", "Carl", "Christopher", "Wayne", "Peter"];
for (var i = 0; i<aNames.length; i++) {
    nameBtn = mholder.attachMovie("mbtn", "mbtn"+i, mholder.getNextHighestDepth());
    nameBtn.tTxt.text = aNames[i];
    nameBtn.tTxt.autoSize = "left"
    nameBtn._y = 0;
    //
    //
    if (i != 0) {
        var nameBtnPrev = nameBtn["mbtn"+(i-1)];//trying to get to previous mc
        trace(nameBtnPrev);
        nameBtn._x = nameBtnPrev._x+nameBtnPrev._width+20;
    }
 
} 

I'm trying to make a simple horizontal navigation and the buttons which are MCs need to be spaced evenly with the same space inbetween. I'm trying to do it using the previous clips _x and width and then spacing the next clip after that.

The problem is I've forgot (or can't) access the previous clip. I was trying to it this way.

var nameBtnPrev = nameBtn["mbtn"+(i-1)]; 

[ewinter]

I would simply add an prevBtn = nameBtn; at the end of the for loop.

[ewinter]

Or, fix your code:

var nameBtnPrev = mholder["mbtn"+(i-1)];