Scripting library items without preplacing them?

[Leozack]

Hi all - it seems fairly easy to place a library item on your stage then in your code say instancename_mc.duplicateMovieClip("newname_mc",1) or whatever and there you have a copy onscreen. But without leavig the original somewhere offstage how can you do this?

What I mean is - can you not script into place an instance of a library item without having to place one manually first somewhere on your stage you don't want it? :/ It must be obvious but I've missed it ...

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Leozack

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[Leozack]

Thanks mate that linkage thing was exactly what I was after it seems. So now I've got my head round the obvious differences of using createEmptyMovieClip (which inserts an empty mc at the coords of the mc you prefix it with?) vs an uplicateMovieClip (which duplicates an instanced symbol) vs attachMovieClip (which duplicates a library item given an instance name but not instanced on stage). Yeah?

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Leozack

MakeUniverse($infinity,1,42);