create multiple empty movie clips

Ok so basically I have a button that will create a empty movie clip and attach some things into that clip When the button is first clicked. My problem is that when the button is clicked a second time. The clip will reload itself and I need it to duplicate. So if I hit the button 5 times, there would be 5 items on the stage.

Here is what I'm doing.

Code:

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hold1.onPress = function(){
        trace("your hit me");
        _root.createEmptyMovieClip("conHolder",1);
        //conHolder.hitArea = conHolder.content;
        //_root.attachMovie(conButs,conBut,3)
        _root.conHolder.attachMovie("conButs", "conButs", _root.getNextHighestDepth()+1);
        _root.conHolder._x = 100;
        _root.conHolder._y = 100;
        _root.conHolder.startDrag();
        //_root.conHolder._x += (_root._xmouse-10-this._x);
  //_root.conHolder._y += (_root._ymouse-10-this._y);
  _root.conHolder.conButs.hold.loadMovie("icons/couch2Seat.swf",1);
        }

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Thanks for all and any help.

Code:

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hold1.onPress = function() {
        var d = _root.getNextHighestDepth();
        var myH = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("conHolder" + d, d);
        var myCH = myH.attachMovie("conButs", "conButs", 0);
        myCH._x = 100;
        myCH._y = 100;
        myCH.onPress = startDrag;
        myCH.onRelease = stopDrag;
        myCH.hold.loadMovie("icons/couch2Seat.swf", 1);
};

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Thanks man.

But how would I set it to start drag right off the bat. right now you have to click the item twice. I would like to know how to set up a swapDepth feature aswell. Sorry If im asking for alot its just those things wer secondary until moments ago.

thanks again.

Code:

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hold1.onPress = function() {
        var d = _root.getNextHighestDepth();
        var myH = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("conHolder" + d, d);
        var myCH = myH.attachMovie("conButs", "conButs", 0);
        myCH._x = this._x;
        myCH._y = this._y;
        myCH.startDrag();
        myCH.onPress = startDrag;
        myCH.onRelease = stopDrag;
        myCH.hold.loadMovie("icons/couch2Seat.swf", 1);
};

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still lost on the swapDepth part

this is what Im doing wrong

Code:

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hold1.onPress = function() {
        var d = _root.getNextHighestDepth();
        var myH = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("conHolder" + d, d);
        var myCH = myH.attachMovie("conButs", "conButs", 0);
        myCH._x  += (_root._xmouse-10-this._x);
        myCH._y += (_root._ymouse-10-this._y);
        myCH.startDrag();
        //myCH.onPress = startDrag;
        myCH.onPress = function(){
        myCH.startDrag();
        myCH.swapDepths(d);
        }
        myCH.onRelease = stopDrag;
        myCH.hold.loadMovie("icons/couch2Seat.swf", 1);
};

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Any clues?

Code:

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hold1.onPress = function() {
        var d = _root.getNextHighestDepth();
        var myH = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("conHolder" + d, d);
        var myCH = myH.attachMovie("conButs", "conButs", 0);
        myCH.startDrag(true);
        myCH.onPress = function() {
                this.startDrag();
                this._parent.swapDepths(_root.getNextHighestDepth());
        };
        myCH.onRelease = stopDrag;
        myCH.hold.loadMovie("icons/couch2Seat.swf", 1);
};

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New problem I now would like to rotate the myCH movie around its centre however I cant seem to get it. Here is what Im trying but its moving around the left corner. Here is what Im doing.

Code:

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hold1.hold.loadMovie("icons/couch2Seat.swf",1);
hold1.hold._xscale = 50;
hold1.hold._yscale = 50;
       
        hold1.onPress = function() {
        var d = _root.getNextHighestDepth();
        var myH = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("conHolder" + d, d);
        var myBtn = myH.createEmptyMovieClip("btnHolder" + d+1, d+1);
        var myCH = myH.attachMovie("conButs", "conButs", 0);
       
        trace("W "+myCH.hold._width);
        trace("H "+myCH.hold._height);
       
        myCH.startDrag(true);
        myCH.onPress = function() {
                this.startDrag();
                this._parent.swapDepths(_root.getNextHighestDepth());
        };
        myCH.onRelease = function() {
                this.stopDrag();
                _root.btnHolder._x = myCH._x;
                _root.btnHolder._y = myCH._y;
        };
        myCH.onRollOver = function() {
               
                myBtn.createEmptyMovieClip("theControls", 30);
                myBtn.theControls.attachMovie("actButs", "actButs", 30);
                myBtn.theControls._x = myCH._x;
                myBtn.theControls._y = myCH._y;
                myBtn.theControls.actButs.but1.onRollOver = function(){
       
        trace("action1");
       
        }
       
        myBtn.theControls.actButs.but2.onPress = function(){
       
        trace("action2");
        //_root.tester._rotation+=10;
        myCH._rotation+=10;
       
        }
               
        };
       
       
       
        myCH.hold.loadMovie("icons/couch2Seat.swf", 1);
        trace("W "+myCH.hold.content._width);
        trace("H "+myCH.hold.content._height);
};

function closeAbout():Void
{
_root.btnHolder.removeMovieClip()

}

/*onEnterFrame = function() {
if(!this.hitTest(_root._xmouse , _root._ymouse , false)) {
delayInt = setInterval(delay,3000);
delete onEnterFrame;
}
}
function delay() {
_root.btnHolder.removeMovieClip();
trace("delayed");
clearInterval(delayInt);
}*/

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Any further help would be great and thanks again

Change the copy of 'conButs' in the library, so it's registration is in the center.

sorry its actually the "hold" move that I want to rotate around its center. But when the swf gets loaded its registration point is the left corner maybe im not making sense should I post a FLA?

If you can save it in MX2004, as I can't open anything newer...

Add this at the top

Code:

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var myMcl = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener = new Object();
myListener.onLoadInit = function(mc) {
        mc._x -= (mc._width / 2);
        mc._y -= (mc._height / 2);
};
myMcl.addListener(myListener);

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Change load movie to load clip.

Code:

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//hold1.hold.loadMovie("icons/couch2Seat.swf", 1);
myMcl.loadClip("icons/couch2Seat.swf", hold1.hold);

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And again change load movie to load clip.

Code:

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        //myCH.hold.loadMovie("icons/couch2Seat.swf", 1);
        myMcl.loadClip("icons/couch2Seat.swf", myCH.hold);

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