Placing movieclips on the stage

Hello,
I am trying to place movieclips from the librari on the stage
but i only get one row.
This is wat i want to archieve. (for example M = a
movieclip).
M M M M M M
M M M M M M
M M M M M M
M M M M M M
If i also fill in the _y the result looks like this.
M
.. M
..... M
........ M
............. M
now it looks like this:
M M M M M M
This is the code i used:
var tegelhouder:MovieClip =
this.createEmptyMovieClip("tegelhouder",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
tegelhouder._x = -70;
tegelhouder._y = 0;
for(i=1; i<9; i++) {
tegelhouder.attachMovie("tegelanim", "tegels"+i, i);
tegelhouder["tegels"+i]._x = i*70;
So the first thing i am trying to archive is to place the
movieclips vertical as horizontal.
Can someone help me with this?
Regards,
Micheal

//this is very simple
//All is you need them in rows one by one
//do this
for (var a:Number = 1; a<=30; a++) {
attachMovie("dd", "dd"+a, a);
//if you want them in 5 clips in a row then
trace(a%5);
if (a == 1) {
// to place the first one at some point
_root["dd"+a]._x = 100;
_root["dd"+a]._y = 100;
} else {
if (a%5 == 1) {
_root["dd"+a]._y =
_root["dd"+(a-1)]._y+_root["dd"+(a-1)]._height+2;
_root["dd"+a]._x = 100;
} else {
_root["dd"+a]._y = _root["dd"+(a-1)]._y;
_root["dd"+a]._x =
_root["dd"+(a-1)]._x+_root["dd"+(a-1)]._width+2;
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> I was wondering if there was a way to add several
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David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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