# Duplicate problem
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-problem/60861
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 13, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-problem/60861 "2004-08-13T07:49:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@simonsebergsen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simonsebergsen)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-problem/60861/1 "2004-08-13T07:49:15Z")
Hi
If i have a movieclip with three buttons inside.
Lets say
portofolio ----\> serie1 / serie2 / serie3
about
contact
I want it to open three new buttons when i push portfolio.
I wanted to make it easy, so i tried to duplicate the MC containing the three buttons above. And then i changed the text of the buttons in the duplicate.
And my original MC with buttons changed its name to…what am i doing wrong?
Please help me!
Simon
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-problem/60861/2 "2004-08-13T07:58:37Z")
what your doing wrong is telling us your design but not giving out any code =(
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2004, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-problem/60861/3 "2004-08-13T08:04:24Z")
hmm
well my thress buttons inside have got this type of AS
on(release) {
loadMovie(“minimal3.swf”, 2); //this load your buttons into level 2
}
But should that have anything to do with my duplicate problem?
I just want to make a a copy of a button and change the buttons attributes without the original button or movieclip changing too.
Simon