Hi, I had a similar problem and resolved it by using the descriptor property and the createComponentFromDescriptor method from the Containers...
here are some samples http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=45fc6cf2&sliceId=1 in the flex help there is a lot of documentation too.. P.S: there also an open source project called FlexReport, maybe you could use it... is at http://www.kemelyon.com/bts/ HTH Gus --- In [email protected], "lucas_bwd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm building an app in which I gotta print some charts. There's > standard Printing Template, which contains header, footer, and the > charts receive some treatment as well. So for each module, there's a > call to my Printing class, passing the chart I want to print. The > problem is that when I add a chart to the template (using addChild), > it disappears. So I need to duplicate it first. But there's no such > thing as duplicateMovieClip(). Any thoughts on that? > Thanks, > Lucas >

