... and by the way I am getting this error with flash 8 actionscript 2
it works fine with flash 5 actionscript 1

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**Error** Symbol=ballmain, layer=Layer 2, frame=2:Line 2: ')' or ',' expected
duplicateMovieClip("li0", "li" add i, 900-i);

**Error** Symbol=ballmain, layer=Layer 2, frame=2:Line 3: ')' or ',' expected
setProperty("li" add i, _xscale, getProperty("li" add (i-1),_xscale)+i*alpha);