Adding a bitmap graphic to a movieclip in code

Hi, I'm new to as3 and programming and I'm trying to add a bitmap to a movie clip in code. However, I'm having trouble getting the bitmap location to go where I want it because it's inside the movieclip and it just shows up at 0,0 of the movieclip instead of the coordinates I want it to be: Here's some of code so you can see what I mean:
imageBitmapData3 = new Lander(63, 53);
_player = new Bitmap(imageBitmapData3);
_gameLevel.addChild(_player);
_player.x = 145;
_player.y = 90;
-Instead of showing up at 145, 90 It just shows up at the movieclip, _gamelevel, 0,0.
does anyone know how I could get it to do what I want it to do? I want to add it inside the mc because I need everything to move with the _gameLevel background when I move it.
Thanks

hi
your code looks fine to me - you could try adding a breakpoint after _player.y = 90 and see if the bitmap is in the right place when the breakpoint is reached, if it is, there must be some code elsewhere that is subsequently changing x/y to zero?

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