# Duplicate movieclip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip/18276
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 15, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip/18276 "2003-04-15T01:54:09Z")
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### Author: ![zephn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5f8ce5/32.png) [@zephn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zephn)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip/18276/1 "2003-04-15T01:54:09Z")

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I have created a button…  
how would I script and apply the script to make the button duplicate through the duplicate movieclip action?

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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: [April 15, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movieclip/18276/2 "2003-04-15T05:35:06Z")

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As the AS says it’s duplicateMOVIECLIP not button, so you’ll have to make you button into a clip either by selecting it, hitting F8 and selecting movi clip, or check out the movie clip (use labels of \_up, \_\_over and \_down on different keyframes) button and then use this tutorial : [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/duplicate.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/duplicate.htm)