Attach MovieClip in AS3:

In Actionscript 3.0 attachMovie(); function does not exist, but there
are some ways new ways to do that...

Create a movieClip in the IDE.. (name: Star)

Open library (ctrl+L)..and click linkage..

Select Export for ActionScript..(Note: We can give Any name in the identifier that is the linkage name)



Open Actions panel

Code follows:

var mc:Star=new Star();
mc.x=100;
mc.y=100;
addChild(mc);

Where Star is the linkage name..and its important to add it in the displaylist