load movieclip and preserve layers in HTML5/Canvas

You can also add movieclips from the library to a blank movieclip if you want.

Here is an example:

this.stop();   // main timeline var a= new lib.NameofSymbol();   // movie clip from the library //************** LOAD BUTTON ACTIONS ************************* this.addBtn.addEventListener("click", loadSymbol.bind(this)); function loadSymbol(){        this.blank.addChild(a);   // load a into blank movie clip     this.gotoAndPlay('start');  // main timeline     a.gotoAndPlay("aLabelName");  // address the symbol with the object name     }

the code you're showing doesn't load anything.  it's creating an instance of Movieclip01.

the code you're showing doesn't add anything to a particular layer.  it's adding (via addChild) the above instance to the top-most layer.

to do what you want, you can place a movieclip on the stage (on the layer/frame/position) where you want to add that instance, assign an instance name (eg, mc01_parent) and use:

this.mc01_parent.addChild(new lib.Movieclip01());