# DisplayObject -\> byteArray

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displayobject-bytearray/221557>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 5, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displayobject-bytearray/221557 "2007-04-05T07:12:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![mooska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mooska](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mooska)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displayobject-bytearray/221557/1 "2007-04-05T07:12:21Z")

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Is there any way to convert any displayObject to ByteArray ?  
I can of course iterate through pixels, but thats not what i was thinking about, I would like to write ie MovieClip into ByteArray, and then read it back as it was.

writeObject doesnt work for DisplayObjects.

mooska