HELP! Elastic Menu / add - removeChild problems

Hi people,
I´m trying to develope a simple elastic menu in AS3 but I have several problems because is difficult undestand OOP when I come from AS2.
I have a class named "menu" to create a vertical menu with n elements using a MovieClip from the library. It is linked properly as "base_primaria" and with MovieClip class as base class.
Every element in the menu is in button mode and when is clicked calls a method (crearsub) to create a submenu.
I have another class named "submenu" that creates a submenu with n elements using a MovieClip from the library. It is linked properly as "base_secundaria" and with MovieClip class as base class.
All the elements in the main menu must be relocated depending on the .y position and their .height. For that I'm using a method inside "menu" class named "posicionar". To animate the elements I use TweenLite.

The first problem is I want to relocate all the elements through TweenLite and it is not working. Probably the "posicionar" function is wrong.
The second problem is I want to click in one element from the main menu and it creates his own submenu. If there is one element with a submenu created, it must to disapear.
All the elements must to relocate in real time in every click.

Here the "menu" class code:

Code:

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package clases.menu{
        /**  * ...  * @Roman Perona */
        import flash.display.DisplayObject;
        import flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer;
        import flash.display.MovieClip;
        import flash.events.Event;
        import flash.events.MouseEvent;
        import flash.display.Sprite;
        import clases.menu.submenu;
        import com.greensock.*;
        import com.greensock.easing.*;
        import com.greensock.plugins.*;

        public class menu extends MovieClip {


                private var numelement:int;
                private var itemArray = [];
                private var tamArray:int;
                private var i:int;
                private var n:int;
                private var j:int;
                private var newdestino:int;
               

                public function menu() {
                                for (n=0; n<4; n++) {
                                var item:base_primaria= new base_primaria();
                                addChild(item);
                                item.x = 0;
                                item.y = (item.height+2) * n ;
                                item.buttonMode = true;
                                item.name="elementomenu"+n;
                               
                                item.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,crearsub);
                                item.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,eliminarsub);

                                itemArray.push(item);
                                tamArray=itemArray.length;
                               
                        }
                }
                private function posicionar():void {
                        for (i=0; i<tamArray-1; i++) {
                                var elemento=itemArray[i+1];
                                newdestino = (itemArray[i].y+itemArray[i].height+2);
                                // the TweenLite doesn't work properly because one of another element doesn't answers
                                //I don't know if this is the best way to do it.
                               
                                TweenLite.to(elemento, 1, {x:elemento.x, y:newdestino, ease:Elastic.easeOut});
                        }
                }
                private function crearsub(e:MouseEvent):void {
                        var objeto=e.target;
                        var subcontenedor:Sprite= new Sprite();
                        var misubmenu:submenu = new submenu();
                        subcontenedor.addChild(misubmenu);
                        objeto.addChild(subcontenedor);
                        misubmenu.alpha=0;
                        misubmenu.y=26;
                        misubmenu.x=20;
                        misubmenu.name="submenu";
                        TweenLite.to(misubmenu,0.5,{alpha:1});
                        posicionar();
                                        }
                private function eliminarsub(e:MouseEvent):void {
                        //Here I want to remove the submenu and relocate the elements again with "posicionar()"
                        posicionar();
                }
        }
}

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Here the "submenu" class code:

Code:

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package clases.menu{
        /**  * ...  * @Roman Perona */
        import flash.display.MovieClip;
        import flash.events.Event;
        import flash.events.MouseEvent;
        import flash.display.Sprite;
        public class submenu extends Sprite {

                private var numelement:int;
                private var subitemArray = [];
                private var tamArray:int;
                private var n:int;
                private var j:int;
                private var objeto:Object;

                public function submenu() {
                                for (n=0; n<4; n++) {
                                var subitem:base_secundaria= new base_secundaria();
                                addChild(subitem);
                                subitem.x = 0;
                                subitem.y = (subitem.height+2) * n ;
                                subitem.buttonMode = true;
                                /*subitem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,crearsub);
                                subitem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,eliminarsub);*/
                                subitemArray.push(subitem);
                                tamArray=subitemArray.length;
                        }
                        }
        }
}

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If someone can help me, I really apreciate it because I'm really stuck in concept and scripting.

Thanks in advance
RO

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private function posicionar():void {

for (i=0; i<tamArray-1; i++) {
var elemento=itemArray[i+1];
newdestino = (itemArray[i].y+itemArray[i].height+2);
// the TweenLite doesn't work properly because one of another element doesn't answers
TweenLite.to(elemento, 1, {x:elemento.x, y:newdestino, ease:Elastic.easeOut});
}

}

Why the elements can not relocate themselves? How I set the ultimate positions of each element?....

to remove childs from a MovieClip:

private function eliminarsub(e:Event):void {
e.currentTarget.removeChildAt(1);
}

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check the code now:

Code:

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package clases.menu{
        import flash.display.MovieClip;
        import flash.events.Event;
        import flash.events.MouseEvent;
        import flash.display.Sprite;
        import clases.menu.submenu;
        import com.greensock.*;
        import com.greensock.easing.*;
        import com.greensock.plugins.*;

        public class menu extends MovieClip {


                private var itemArray = [];
                private var tamArray:int;
                private var i:int;
                private var n:int;
                private var j:int;
                private var newdestino:int;
                var newtarget:MovieClip;
                var oldtarget:MovieClip;
                var objetivo:MovieClip;
               

                public function menu() {
                        for (n=0; n<4; n++) {
                                var item:base_primaria= new base_primaria();
                                addChild(item);
                                item.x = 0;
                                item.y = (item.height+2) * n ;
                                item.buttonMode = true;
                                item.name="elementomenu"+n;

                                item.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,crearsub);
                                //item.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT,eliminarsub);
                                itemArray.push(item);
                                tamArray=itemArray.length;

                        }
                                        }
                private function posicionar():void {
                       
                        for (i=0; i<tamArray-1; i++) {
                                var elemento=itemArray[i+1];
                                newdestino = (itemArray[i].y+itemArray[i].height+2);
                                elemento.y=newdestino;
                                //TweenLite.to(elemento, 1, {x:elemento.x, y:newdestino, ease:Elastic.easeOut});
                        }
                       
                }
                private function crearsub(e:MouseEvent):void {
                        eliminarsub(oldtarget);
                        var objeto=e.currentTarget;
                        if(objeto!=oldtarget){
                        var subcontenedor:Sprite= new Sprite();
                        var misubmenu:submenu = new submenu();
                        subcontenedor.addChild(misubmenu);
                        objeto.addChild(subcontenedor);
                        misubmenu.alpha=0.5;
                        misubmenu.y=26;
                        misubmenu.x=20;
                        TweenLite.to(misubmenu,0.8,{alpha:1});
                        oldtarget=objeto;
                        }
                        posicionar();
                }
                private function eliminarsub(objetivo:MovieClip):void {
                        if(objetivo!=null){
                                objetivo.removeChildAt(1);
                                                }
                        trace(objetivo);
                        oldtarget=newtarget;
                        posicionar();
                }
        }
}

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Check the SWF


Problems:
- How to avoid repeat the method to create submenu when it is already created in the element clicked.
- How to avoid the elements from submenu fire the method create submenu.
target/currentTarget/mouseChild=false... anything else.
- Why relocate method doesn't work with TweenLite?

Thanks
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