# Duplicating a movieclip

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**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-a-movieclip/264306 "2008-06-24T21:05:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![g27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dec6dc/32.png) [@g27](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/g27)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-a-movieclip/264306/1 "2008-06-24T21:05:42Z")

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Simple movie clip and I am trying to duplicate it a few hundreds times. So it appears on various parts of the stage.

Anyone know the code?

Cheers.

G27

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**Author:** ![small\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@small\_guy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/small_guy)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-a-movieclip/264306/2 "2008-06-24T21:47:01Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/duplicatemovie\_mx2004.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/duplicatemovie_mx2004.htm)

(Hint: In the window in the upper right corner of the Kirupa site if you type in what you are looking for in terms of a tutorial it will take you to the available options. All I did was type in duplicateMovieClip in order to come up with this. Although the tutorial heading says Flash MX2004, this also works in Flash 8.)

[QUOTE=g27;2348532]Simple movie clip and I am trying to duplicate it a few hundreds times. So it appears on various parts of the stage.

Anyone know the code?

Cheers.

G27[/QUOTE]

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**Author:** ![g27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dec6dc/32.png) [@g27](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/g27)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-a-movieclip/264306/3 "2008-06-24T22:08:13Z")

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Thanks mate

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**Author:** ![small\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@small\_guy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/small_guy)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-a-movieclip/264306/4 "2008-06-25T00:18:17Z")

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You’re welcome.

[QUOTE=g27;2348563]Thanks mate[/QUOTE]

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**Author:** ![vertigo912](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@vertigo912](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vertigo912)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-a-movieclip/264306/5 "2008-06-25T02:07:55Z")

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Or if you’re using an earlier version of Flash… maybe this will help:

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/duplicate.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/duplicate.htm)