DuplicateMovieClip Question 2

[wikfx]

Hi all I am using Flash Pro 8 I am trying to do something like this:

MyButton.onRelease = function(){
 B = B + 1
 duplicateMovieClip("Green", "Green"+B, getNextHighestDepth)
 _root["Green"+B]._x = _root["Green"+(B-1)] + 20
}

what I want this to do is duplicate the movie called Green, if possible O would like to use the attachMovie instead but anyway I would like to duplicate the movie everytime the button is pressed but in flash 8 it seemd to duplicate it but replace the one that was duplicated?????? can someone help me out on this I have seen it done I think in flash 5.

thanks

W i K

 

[oldnewbie]

Shouldn't it be something more like...

MyButton.onRelease = function(){
 	B = B + 1;
 	duplicateMovieClip("Green", "Green"+B, this.getNextHighestDepth());
 	_root["Green"+B]._x = _root["Green"+(B-1)]._x + 20;
};

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[wikfx]

my problem OldNewbie is that the movie only duplicates once. for some odd reason it wont keep duplicating everytime the button is pressed???? any solutions?

W i K

 

[oldnewbie]

It seems using getNextHighestDepth()in this case, is what would cause the problem...

Using this works fine...

var B:Number = 0;

MyButton.onRelease = function(){
B = B + 1;
duplicateMovieClip("Green", "Green"+B, B);
//Or this works as well...
//attachMovie("Green", "Green"+B, B);
_root["Green"+B]._x = B*44;
};

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[wikfx]

thank you so much man this worked GREAT !! thanks

W i K

 

[oldnewbie]

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[fedtrain]

Hey Oldnewbie....

I just found this and it worked fine in my need too. I am wondering why didn't 'this.getNextHighestDepth' work in this instance? (Cause it didn't work for my either.)

But setting the variable and then setting depth equal to an increment of that variable did work.

Dave

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