How do I reference a dynamically created MovieClip from another MovieClip?

Question

Hi,
I'd be grateful for any pointers to the following problem:
     I'm having trouble referencing dynamically created MovieClips (links in a side panel on a Flash website, created from an XML file) from the current MovieClip (the currently selected link).
     I wish to freeze the the link/MovieClip in its mouseOver state once it has been clicked - this part works. When a new link/MovieClip is clicked on, I wish to release the previously clicked-on link from its mouseOver state, which is what I've so far been unable to do.
     My problem seems to be referencing the previous link/MoveClip. I've used the trace statement trace(MovieClip(this).name) to determine that the MovieClips are named item0, item1, item2 and so on. However, I've been unable thus far to reference the previous clip thus far. I've tried to trace the route to the MovieClip from the stage, and also tried MovieClip(parent).item0.gotoAndStop and lots of other different permutations, but to no avail. It's the fact they seem to be in a container called 'panel' which is defeating me.
     Here's a live version I've uploaded, which might explain the problem better. Click on "UBER UNS" in the top menu bar to get to the page in question. It's the links on the left-hand side (Historie, Unser Team, etc.) which are the problem. You'll see that once they've been clicked on they remain in their mouseOver state.
     This is the code in question on the fla file, which is a file I did not create myself. The parts in black work fine; it's the red parts where the problem lies:
import flash.display.MovieClip;
panel.buttonMode = true;
var lang:uint = 1;
var url_Link:String=MovieClip(root).program.websiteXML .language[lang].pages.titlePage[MovieClip(root).program.linkPage].texts.pageList.txt[numT XT].@link;
var urlPage:Number=Number(MovieClip(root).program.webs iteXML.language[lang].pages.titlePage[MovieClip(root).program.linkPage].texts.pageList.tx t[numTXT].@linkPage);
var request:URLRequest;
var linkIndex:uint;
var lastClickedLink:MovieClip;   //This is supposed to store the last link that has been clicked - it doesn't work
panel.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clicLink);
panel.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, mouseOverLink);
panel.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, mouseOutLink);
function mouseOverLink(event:MouseEvent):void {
      MovieClip(this).gotoAndPlay('s1');
function mouseOutLink(event:MouseEvent):void {
      if(numTXT !== (linkIndex - 1)/5){         //freezes mouseOver state if this is the link for the current page
           MovieClip(this).gotoAndPlay('s2');
function clicLink(event:MouseEvent):void {
      var linkpage:uint = MovieClip(root).program.linkPage;
      if (url_Link) {
           request = new URLRequest(url_Link);
           navigateToURL(request);
      } else {
           linkIndex = numTXT * 5 + 1;
           if(linkpage == 1){
               MovieClip(root).chPages.cont.page_about_mc.page3Tu  rner_mc.gotoAndStop([linkIndex]);
          } else if (linkpage == 2){
               MovieClip(root).chPages.cont.page3_mc.page3Turner_  mc.gotoAndStop([linkIndex]);
     lastClickedLink.gotoAndPlay('s2');  // this is supposed to release the previous clicked-on link from it's mouseOver state - doesn't work
     lastClickedLink = MovieClip(this).name;    //this is supposed to set the new link as the last link clicked after the old one has been released from it's mouseOver state - doesn't work
If anyone can help, that would be great.

Answer 1

What you might be after for that line is to use:
lastClickedLink = MovieClip(event.currentTarget);
For what you show, the name property of an object is a String, so I would expect you to be getting an error regarding trying to get a String to act like a MovieClip when you try to tell it to gotoAndPlay('s2').