# Duplicate movie clip problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movie-clip-problem/219933>\
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**Created:** [March 21, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movie-clip-problem/219933 "2007-03-21T08:00:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajeshambady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@rajeshambady](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rajeshambady)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movie-clip-problem/219933/1 "2007-03-21T08:00:58Z")

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Hi,

Why this code is not working…

Here I have a movie clip named ‘mainmovie’ in the scene. And inside that movie I have a text box named ‘textBox’ Look at this code the movie is duplicating in my code but the value is not coming inside the text box… I don’t know why?

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[COLOR=#993300]for[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]i = [COLOR=#000000]0[/COLOR]; i\<[COLOR=#000000]10[/COLOR]; i++[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] dupmov = [COLOR=#0000ff]“dupmov”[/COLOR] + i;

[COLOR=#993300]\_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]mainMovie[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]duplicateMovieClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]dupmov, [COLOR=#000000]20[/COLOR]+i, [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR][COLOR=#993300]\_x[/COLOR]:[COLOR=#000000]10[/COLOR] \* i , [COLOR=#993300]\_y[/COLOR]:[COLOR=#000000]10[/COLOR] \* i[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];

[COLOR=#993300]\_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]dupmov[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]textBox[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]text[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#0000ff]“abc”[/COLOR];

[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]  
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