What the "addChild"?

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…or as we say in the flash community wta?

I encountered this trying to clone a textfield from one part of the timeline to another (not successfully, hence this post)

I’ve discovered it is possible to use a reference to a named instance of a movieclip on stage(or textfield) and replace it elsewhere in the swf.

Not a true clone, but a clone nonetheless. well suited for re constructional structures et al. :slight_smile:


var mc = asdf.fdas;
trace(asdf.fdas.name,asdf.fdas.x,asdf.fdas.parent);


addChild(mc);


trace(asdf.fdas.name,asdf.fdas.x,asdf.fdas.parent);
trace(mc.name,mc.x,mc.parent);


fdas 256 [object MovieClip]
fdas 256 [object MainTimeline]
fdas 256 [object MainTimeline]