# Duplicate a MC with attached MC

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-a-mc-with-attached-mc/65638>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 28, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-a-mc-with-attached-mc/65638 "2004-09-28T10:44:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mattiaswargren](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mattiaswargren/32/631_2.png) [@mattiaswargren](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mattiaswargren)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-a-mc-with-attached-mc/65638/1 "2004-09-28T10:44:04Z")

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Hey,

is there a way to keep the content of a mc (attached content) when I duplicate it? I know that duplicate remembers size, position, rotation etc. But I want to get the attached content too.

// Example.  
[color=red]Container1\_mc.attachMovie(“star”,“obj\_1”,1);[/color]  
[color=red]Container1\_mc.attachMovie(“stripe”,“obj\_2”,2);[/color]

// Now I want to duplicate the Container to get a copy of it (Container2\_mc)  
[color=red]Countainer1\_mc.duplicateMovieClip(“Container2\_mc”,10)[/color]

[color=black]Anyone?[/color]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-a-mc-with-attached-mc/65638/2 "2004-09-28T12:08:53Z")

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i believe that when you attach a movie clip, you basically create a new clip the new name obj\_1, becomes the clip you want to duplicate…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-a-mc-with-attached-mc/65638/3 "2004-09-28T14:23:36Z")

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> [@tumualt](#):
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> i believe that when you attach a movie clip, you basically create a new clip the new name obj\_1, becomes the clip you want to duplicate…

[color=olive]No, not really. No soup for you. Next.[/color]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-a-mc-with-attached-mc/65638/4 "2004-09-29T11:37:43Z")

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> [@Mattias\_\_\_](#):
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> [color=olive]No, not really. No soup for you. Next.[/color]

Soup-nazi (seinfeld)