# \[as3\] Duplicating External Assets / Loader

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-duplicating-external-assets-loader/222725>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 16, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-duplicating-external-assets-loader/222725 "2007-04-16T15:59:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dazzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dazzer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dazzer)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-duplicating-external-assets-loader/222725/1 "2007-04-16T15:59:11Z")

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Yes I know this topic has been discussed before, and I know that Senocular has a class that does it.

But the question is…

1. Why did Adobe remove duplicateMovieClip();?
2. Did they intend to have any similar function? Or did they totally forget about external assets?
3. Is there a “Adobe reccomended” code that will do the same thing? (Not that I’ve got anything against Senocular :bow : but it’ll be nice to know if there’s a “certified” way of doing it.