# Loadmovie to main

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-to-main/17410
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 4, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-to-main/17410 "2003-04-04T21:04:24Z")
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### Author: ![guitarzen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@guitarzen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/guitarzen)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadmovie-to-main/17410/1 "2003-04-04T21:04:24Z")

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I have a button in a movie that is duplicating that same button. I would like to duplicate it in a blank movie in the main timeline but I cannot seem to do it. Any Ideas?

This duplicates but it does so inside the movie clip, not into the blank movie I have on the main stage.

on (press) {  
num = 6;  
xstart = -20;  
n = 1;  
while (n \<= num) {  
duplicateMovieClip(“help2”, “blank”, 2);  
n = n + 1;  
blank.\_x = 5  
blank.\_y = 5  
}  
}