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MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
myMovieClip
.duplicateMovieClip(newname
,depth [,initObject]
)
Parameters
newname
A unique identifier for the duplicate movie clip.
depth
A unique number specifying the depth at which the movie specified is to be placed.
initObject
An object containing properties with which to populate the duplicated movie clip. This parameter allows dynamically created movie clips to receive clip parameters. If initObject
is not an object, it is ignored. All properties of initObject
are copied into the new instance. The properties specified with initObject
are available to the constructor function. This parameter is optional.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; creates an instance of the specified movie clip while the movie is playing. Duplicated movie clips always start playing at Frame 1, no matter what frame the original movie clip is on when the duplicateMovieClip
method is called. Variables in the parent movie clip are not copied into the duplicate movie clip. Movie clips that have been created using the duplicateMovieClip
method are not duplicated if you call the duplicateMovieMethod
on their parent. If the parent movie clip is deleted the duplicate movie clip is also deleted. Movie clips added with duplicateMovieClip
can be deleted with removeMovieClip
action or method.
See also
duplicateMovieClip
, MovieClip.removeMovieClip
, removeMovieClip
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