# how to convert movieClip graphics to string

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-convert-movieclip-graphics-to-string/634735
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 7, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-convert-movieclip-graphics-to-string/634735 "2016-06-07T11:32:23Z")
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### Author: ![javadsavary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@javadsavary](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/javadsavary)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-convert-movieclip-graphics-to-string/634735/1 "2016-06-07T11:32:23Z")

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hi  
i draw many movieClip at runtime with as3 and i want to save the movieclips graphics  
as string or xml data. how can i do that?  
i use toString() method of graphics but i get an error

var s:MovieClip=new MovieClip();  
s.graphics.beginFill(0);  
s.graphics.drawCircle(0,0,20);  
addChild(s);  
trace(s.graphics.toString())

error:  
1061: Call to a possibly undefined method toString through a reference with static type flash.display:Graphics.

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### Author: ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-convert-movieclip-graphics-to-string/634735/2 "2016-06-08T03:10:54Z")

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I think you want to use the ‘graphics data’-related functions:

[http://help.adobe.com/en\_US/as3/dev/WS749610B4-4709-4f75-BBA0-650BF52623CA.html](http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/dev/WS749610B4-4709-4f75-BBA0-650BF52623CA.html)

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### Author: ![javadsavary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@javadsavary](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/javadsavary)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-convert-movieclip-graphics-to-string/634735/3 "2016-06-08T07:09:53Z")

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Thank you very much