how to duplicate MC in macromedia flash 8

Question

I'm having problems to duplicate movie clips in AS2. Can someone help me to get the general idea how I do this?

Answer 1

First of all, the IDE: Right click on a symbol in the library and select 'Duplicate'.

Now, code:

var duplicate:MovieClip = original.duplicateMovieClip("duplicateClip",this.getNextHighestDepth());

What you're doing here is calling the duplicateMovieClip function of your existing clip, telling it a name and depth for your new clip. It returns a reference to the new clip, which is stored in the duplicate variable.