Flash :: Create New Button Using AC2 On Different Frame

Create New Button Using AC2 On DIFFERENT Frame
Hello,

According to "button tag" attributes values in the xml files, i want to create a new button on flash frames. For example, xml codes is

<button frame="5" x="110" y="110" weight="80" height="80"></button>

After flash loading this tag, it will create new button on the frame 5, x= 110 , y=110 .

i provide xml-flash connection and create new button which based on xml values for the only FIRST frame.

How can i do to create new button other frames? please help me..

i am sending source code(fla) and xml.

Thanks for your support.

Attach Code

Stage.showMenu = false;
_parent._visible = false;
menu_cfg_xml = new XML();
menu_cfg_xml.load("main.xml");
menu_cfg_xml.ignoreWhite = 1;
//************************connect to xml
menu_cfg_xml.onLoad = function(ok) {
// create main menu after successful loading of XML
if (ok) {
search_bullet();
} else {
trace("XML not loaded");
}
};

//************
function search_bullet(){
count=0;
while (count<menu_cfg_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length) {
if ( menu_cfg_xml.firstChild.childNodes[count].nodeName == "bullet"){
create_bullet();
}
count++;
}
}
//***********
function create_bullet() {
counter = 1;
while (counter<menu_cfg_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length) {

// we must control PAGE number for the frame that created btn.

attachMovie("bullet", "btn"+counter, counter);
set("btn"+counter+"._x", menu_cfg_xml.firstChild.childNodes[counter].attributes.x);
set("btn"+counter+"._y", menu_cfg_xml.firstChild.childNodes[counter].attributes.y);
set("btn"+counter+"._xscale", menu_cfg_xml.firstChild.childNodes[counter].attributes.weight);
set("btn"+counter+"._yscale", menu_cfg_xml.firstChild.childNodes[counter].attributes.height);
counter++;
}
}

Main.xml

<content>
<bullet page="1" x="110" y="110" weight="80" height="80"></bullet>
<bullet page="2" x="120" y="120" weight="100" height="100"></bullet>
<bullet page="3" x="130" y="130" weight="50" height="50"></bullet>
<bullet page="5" x="140" y="140" weight="75" height="75"></bullet>
</content>

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----------------------
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Attach Code

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Code:
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Attach Code

function buttonClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
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