# duplicateMovieClip won't duplicate loaded image

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 11, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-wont-duplicate-loaded-image/165485 "2005-10-11T14:14:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![pitolek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@pitolek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pitolek)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-wont-duplicate-loaded-image/165485/1 "2005-10-11T14:14:28Z")

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Hi there!

while trying to make a gallery I come across this problem of wanting do duplicate movieclips containing loaded images. Seems like whatever I do, no duplicates. My original script is bigger, but my problem also shows in this little example. The first created image in the mcClip.Holder shows just fine, also the trace and \_x commands work. The clip will just not duplicate … Any thoughts out there ??

[font=System][size=2]this.createEmptyMovieClip(“mcClip”,this.getNextHighestDepth());  
mcClip.createEmptyMovieClip(“Holder”,this.getNextHighestDepth());

var mclLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();  
var oListen:Object = new Object();  
mclLoader.addListener(oListen);  
mclLoader.loadClip(“thumbnails/IMG\_0428.jpg”,mcClip.Holder);

oListen.onLoadInit = function(mcFile:MovieClip) {  
trace(mcFile.\_width);  
mcFile.duplicateMovieClip(“kopie”,mcFile.\_parent.getNextHighestDepth());  
mcFile.\_x = 150;  
}[/size][/font]