# Kirupa.com - Tile (Duplicate) Background

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-tile-duplicate-background/352267>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-tile-duplicate-background/352267 "2014-11-23T03:27:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-tile-duplicate-background/352267/1 "2014-11-23T03:27:19Z")

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While scanning through the various threads in the Flash MX 2004 forum, there was a question asking whether it was possible to tile a background in Flash. This tutorial is an extension of the answer I wrote for that question, and I think there are some interesting concepts in the code that may benefit you in more applications beyond simple background duplication.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/duplicatebackground.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/duplicatebackground.htm)