# duplicateMovieClip under onClipEvent

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-under-onclipevent/182372
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 17, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-under-onclipevent/182372 "2006-03-17T15:42:58Z")
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### Author: ![rafael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rafael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rafael)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-under-onclipevent/182372/1 "2006-03-17T15:42:58Z")

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Good day everybody!  
I need to have an mc duplicate itself under its own onClipEvent(load) handler. To put it perhaps more clear, something like:  
onClipEvent(load) {  
//clips duplicate itself  
}  
I have tried all sorts of combinations of \_root.clip.dMC, this.dMC, … , flash always hangs.  
Thanks in advance for any help.