# DuplicateMovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/26261>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 21, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/26261 "2003-07-21T15:07:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![HL\_Novice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d9b06d/32.png) [@HL\_Novice](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HL_Novice)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/26261/1 "2003-07-21T15:07:50Z")

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How can i duplicate a movie clip, with the location of my cursor at mousedown? This is what i have done, but with this code i am duplicating clips at a expodential rate.

In my movieclip square i inputed this code

onClipEvent (mouseDown){  
\_root.i = \_root.i+1;  
duplicateMovieClip(square, “square” + \_root.i, \_root.i);  
this.\_x = \_root.\_xmouse;  
this.\_y = \_root.\_ymouse;  
}

:hangover: :woj:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/26261/2 "2003-07-21T15:13:16Z")

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onClipEvent(load){  
i=0  
}  
onClipEvent(mouseDown){  
i++  
this.duplicateMovieClip(“mc”+i,i)  
\_root[“mc”+i].\_x=\_root.\_xmouse  
\_root[“mc”+i].\_y=\_root.\_ymouse

}

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/26261/3 "2003-07-21T15:13:50Z")

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is that it?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/26261/4 "2003-07-21T15:24:21Z")

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well its very close … but for some reason every two clicks i make, one movie clips (the last one) move to the cursor coor. so after a while i get like 20 squared moving at my cursor when i click. Normal?

:woj: