Hi all,
I am trying to figure out how to use duplicateMovieClip to copy an embedded object between two other objects on the stage. For example:
Stage contains the following:
movieClip1
movieClip2
MovieClip1 contains the following:
movieClip3
On the triggering event, I want it to switch from movieClip1.movieClip3 to movieClip2.movieClip3… and can’t figure out how. I can do it fine with attachMovie, because I can just remove the instance from movieClip1 and re-attach it in movieClip2 (ie - movieClip2.attachMovie(movieClip3, “blarg”,movieClip2.getNextHighestDepth)
However, this “resets” the variables associated with the clip to the default in the library, whereas I want a duplicate of the current stage object - I want movieClip3 to maintain any changes since its initial load from the library.
The problem seems to be that the place for the location in attachMovie (everything before it (_root.movieClip2.attachMovie) doesn’t work because for duplicateMovie that placement defines what clip is DUPLICATED not the LOCATION of it. Ex: movieClip2.duplicateMovieClip() will duplicate movieClip2, not a clip INTO movieClip2. Hope that makes sense, I am not sure how else to describe it.
In essense: how can I move an embedded clip between two containers and maintain its integrity instead of reloaded the default from the library?
