You can create MovieClip's in any scope/timeline. However, no, you cannot re-parent them in Flash Player 8 and below, only Flash Player 8.5.
One alternative if you must use Flash 8 is to: - copy the state - remove the movieclip - attach a new movieclip in the desired scope - update the state of it from the copied state ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:08 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] duplicating a movie clip into a new parent let's say i have an instance already on the stage, call myClip. I'd like to create a new movie clip: createEmptyMovieClip("newClip", getNextHighestDepth()); and then duplicate myClip so that it's duplicate is a _child_ of newclip. i cannot find in the asdictionary anyway to essentially alter the parent of a movie clip that is already on the stage or to duplicate a movie clip into a new parent. obviously if the movie clip is defined in the library i can attach a new instance of it wherever with attachMovie, but this does not help me. duplicateMovieClip()'s parameter's don't seem to support any way to alter who the parent of the new clip is going to be. you can only execute it within the scope of where the original clip is, and you can only create the new clip within that same scope...is that correct? Thanks for your help. -Justin Bishop _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
