right, that's referered to as "re-parenting" a movieclip...changing the
parent of a clip.  can't do that in AS1 & 2.  the usual solution is to
attach a clip from the library at the spot where the clip you were dragging
is dropped.  pretty much a slight-of-hand trick.

On 3/10/06, Bob Leisle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You are right. duplicateMovieClip() works within one timeline only.
> You might try attachMovie() from the Library to get where you want to go.
>
>
> Веб разработчик студии 123.ru wrote:
>
> >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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