seems like it would so easy...

[GFunk420]

Hello,

I was having a problem with duplicating a movie useing duplicateMovieClip().

Here is the fla/swf
http://funk.6040.org/flashkit/help/test.swf
http://funk.6040.org/flashkit/help/test.fla

Here is the code I am useing... Anyone see anything wrong??

onClipEvent (keyDown) {
// Retrieve the ASCII value of the last key pressed and convert it to a character
lastKeyPressed = String.fromCharCode(Key.getAscii());
trace("You pressed the '"+lastKeyPressed+"' key.");
// Defines the key pressed down and tell it to place the animation
_root.keyPressed.theLetter = lastKeyPressed;
_root.keyPressed.gotoAndPlay(2);
//declare x var.
x =+ 1;
//attempt to duplicate the MC and move it to the right.
_root.keyPressed.duplicateMovieClip("dupMC"+x, x);
_root["dupMC"+x]._x = x*5;
}

If anybody can guide me in a direction that would be really cool.

Thank you,
Mike

[nunomira]

something like this?

code:

---

onClipEvent (keyDown) {

	// Retrieve the ASCII value of the last key pressed and convert it to a character

	lastKeyPressed = String.fromCharCode(Key.getAscii());

	trace("You pressed the '" + lastKeyPressed + "' key.");

	_root.keyPressed.theLetter = lastKeyPressed;

	_root.keyPressed.gotoAndPlay(2);

	//

	x++;

	//attempt to duplicate the MC and move it to the right.

	_root.keyPressed.duplicateMovieClip("dupMC" + x, x);

	_root["dupMC" + x]._x = x * 5;

	//

	_root["dupMC" + x].theLetter = lastKeyPressed;

	_root["dupMC" + x].gotoAndPlay(2);

}

---

[GFunk420]

nunomira

Thanks a lot for the help!! I knew something stupid was missing.

This works almost perfectly... Something still isn't working like I want it to however I want to try to figure it out before asking for help.

Thanks again mang!

Mike