[f8] is it possible to duplicate to a specific frame?

[coffeebaby]

i apologize in advance if this has already been answered. i have done about 20 minutes of searching and found nothing.

i have a movieclip (called mistletoeinstance) that i want to duplicate on my stage. however the first frame of this mc is blank, so when it duplicates you can't see it. is it possible to duplicate a mc and have it start on frame 2?

this is the code i'm using:

on (release) {

	//Duplicate Movieclip Behavior
	//Requires Flash Player 7 or later
	var newdepth = this.mistletoeinstance._parent.getNextHighestDepth();
	var newname = "copy" + newdepth;
	var prevname = "copy" + (newdepth-1);
	if (this.mistletoeinstance._parent[prevname] == undefined) this.mistletoeinstance._parent[prevname] = this.mistletoeinstance;
	this.mistletoeinstance.duplicateMovieClip(newname,newdepth);
	this.mistletoeinstance._parent[newname]._x = this.mistletoeinstance._parent[prevname]._x + 10;
	this.mistletoeinstance._parent[newname]._y = this.mistletoeinstance._parent[prevname]._y + 10;
	//End Behavior

}

[greenham]

Try adding this to your code:

this.mistletoeinstance._parent[newname].gotoAndPlay(2);

[coffeebaby]

Thanks Greenham!
i was all set to write back "of course i've already tried that *smirk*" but i was trying to change the existing code. Dropping that line just before the last two lines of code did the trick. Now i just have to try to figure out WHY it worked, and i'll be ahead of the game : )

thanks again!