Duplicating Objects (Please Enlighten Me)

[sinykyl]

Hey ... I'm new to flash and just trying to figure a little something out (duplicating objects with actionscript) ... was wondering if I could get a little help.

I've got a movie, which has one keyframe.
That keyframe contains the actionscript:
duplicateMovieClip(_root.circle, "mycircle", 1);
stop();

In the library, there is one object, called "circle".
That object has one keyframe and two layers, "actions" and "image" ...

The only keyframe in "actions" has the actionscript: stop();
And "image" contains only a black circle, centered.

When I run the movie, I get no errors and only a blank white screen ... anybody care to enlighten me why?

[jv_venkat]

hi,
duplicateMovieClip is not meant to pull out things from library or so i presume. the solution to your problem would be .

right click on the library item you have . i think it is circle .

you'll see a linkage option.

in that select the export this symbol option.

give it a new name say 'circle1'

and in the first frame put this.

_root.attachMovie("circle1","mycircle",1);


this should work

bye
Venkat

[sinykyl]

Thanks

Is this the standard way of creating sprites?

[jv_venkat]

cool man... ya this is my standard way of creating sprites... I guess you are from the world of Director