Well, no, to the first statement. There IS an answer, and the answer is...
That is correct; that cannot be done. Duplicates are always generated in
the same timeline as the original from which the duplicate is made.
To assign a movieclip to a specific timeline, use attachMovie() attaching
a library object movieclip to which you have applied a linkage.
--
Byron "Barn" Canfield
>
> Dear all,
>
> There seems to be no answer to this one question on the web, nor did it
> bother anyone at anytime:
>
> The almighty duplicateMovieClip (global funk or MC method, no matter)
> doesn't seem to be capable of duplicating a MC from one timeline into a
> different one.
>
> The thing I'm trying to achieve is grab a copy of a MC _root.mc1.mc2 (thus
> it's _name = mc2) into a MC different from _root.mc1, for instance _root
>
> But it doesn't seem to be possible. Am I right?
>
> Something like this (thought the code is obviously incorrect):
>
> _root.mc1.mc2.duplicateMovieClip("_root.newMC", 100);
> trace(_root.newMC);
>
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