duplicateMovieClip without original on stage

[haslo]

Hi everybody

I was trying to create a mc instance without having the original on stage - but I've run into some problems here. It works just fine if I have the original (call it "clip", i being an index) in the active timeline:

duplicateMovieClip("clip", "clip" + i, i);

Now if I don't want the first "clip" instance on stage, what do I have to do? I don't want an action script just duplicating what's already there, that's not too creative

Thanks in advance

allow thyself to be the spark that lights the fire
haslo@haslo.ch - www.haslo.ch​

 

[haslo]

Hi again

I figured it out. The trick was to use

attachMovieClip

, not

duplicateMovieClip

, and export the mc first in the librairy.

Sorry about my being so impatient... s-)

allow thyself to be the spark that lights the fire
haslo@haslo.ch - www.haslo.ch​

 

[oldnewbie]

Guess you could of used duplicate, by having your clip on stage, but off the visible stage, if you see what I mean!

Regards,