SwapDepth of duplicate

[AppleBisque]

Hello! I'm fairly new to coding with flash and have been using AS2. I've had a lot of annoying problems along the way but have managed to figure things out in the end until now. I've been stumped on something for awhile and am just not sure how to proceed any further.

I am creating a simple dressup game where one is able to drag and drop duplicated movieclips from around the scene and place them overtop of a 'body'

Some of the 'objects' one is meant to drag are partially hidden behind other things. Is there a way to make duplicates come to the front using something like...this.swapDepths(this._parent.getNextHighestDepth() ); while keeping the original object's Depth intact?

Meaning If I have a 'circle' hidden half way behind a 'rectangle'..I want to be able to drag multiple duplicates of the circle away from the original. The duplicates should layer overtop of the 'rectangle' as I drag them around, but the original 'circle' should stay behind it.

Here's the code I'm currently using to duplicate things x_o

mymc.onPress = function() {
    var newmymc:MovieClip = this.duplicateMovieClip("mymc"+this.copies, this._parent.getNextHighestDepth());
    newmymc.startDrag();
    newmymc.onPress = startDrag;
    newmymc.onRelease = this.onReleaseOutside = stopDrag;
};

any suggestions would be really appreciated

[whispers]

that shoudl work fine..

mymc.onPress = function() {
    var newmymc:MovieClip = this.duplicateMovieClip("mymc"+this.copies, this._parent.getNextHighestDepth());
    newmymc.startDrag();
    newmymc.onPress = function(){
        this.swapDepths(this._parent.getNextHighestDepth());
        startDrag;
    }
    newmymc.onRelease = this.onReleaseOutside = stopDrag;
};

[AppleBisque]

thank you that definitely helped keep the original behind the overlapping MC . However now the duplicates cannot be dragged again once they've been placed :x

[whispers]

try using the corredtc syntax.. I was only posting a suggestion


startDrag;

to this:

this.startDrag();

perhaps?