# Actionscript Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-question/193345>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 12, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-question/193345 "2006-07-12T19:22:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![dr77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@dr77](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dr77)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-question/193345/1 "2006-07-12T19:22:36Z")

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Hello all…

Could anyone tell me why this piece of code works in Flash Player 7 but not in Flash Player 8?

```auto
duplicateMovieClip("drop", "drop" add a, a);
setProperty("drop" add a, _x, random(550));
setProperty("drop" add a, _y, random(400));
a = a+1

```

I keep getting the following error message:

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=2:Line 1: ‘)’ or ‘,’ expected  
duplicateMovieClip(“drop”, “drop” add a, a);

Thanks for any help,

David