# duplicateMovieClip

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**Created:** [November 12, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/169041 "2005-11-12T19:38:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Terry\_elekes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@Terry\_elekes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Terry_elekes)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/169041/1 "2005-11-12T19:38:21Z")

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I am new to flash and was trying to duplicate a movieclip. Here is the code on put on the movieclip  
onClipEvent (load) {  
box\_mc.duplicateMovieClip(boxx, 1);  
setProperty(“boxx”, \_x, 400);  
}  
When I test the movie nothing happenns. Could someone please help and maybe send a example file.