# Duplicate movieclip help plz!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip-help-plz/204745>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 23, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip-help-plz/204745 "2006-10-23T05:23:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![silverneo188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@silverneo188](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/silverneo188)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip-help-plz/204745/1 "2006-10-23T05:23:29Z")

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Im trying to make it to where I click a button and it takes a movie clip from my libraire and places in the center.  
I have tried using the duplicate movieclip function but it won’t work right.  
how do I do this?

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip-help-plz/204745/2 "2006-10-23T05:51:25Z")

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If you’re fetching something from the library, shouldn’t you be using _attachMovie_?

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**Author:** ![silverneo188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@silverneo188](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/silverneo188)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip-help-plz/204745/3 "2006-10-23T06:06:35Z")

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I don’t know let me try

… later

it won’t work here is my AS

```auto

on (press){
	attachMovie (doorc)
}

```

doorc is a movieclip from my library but it won’t work

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip-help-plz/204745/4 "2006-10-23T11:17:23Z")

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There is a pretty good description of how to use _attachMovie_ after the 3rd block of code on this page: [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/animateDynamicMC4.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/animateDynamicMC4.htm)