Yup, there's no good automatic way. I would probably add clone() methods to the display objects I was interested in cloning, so they can intelligently reproduce themselves
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ben.clinkinbeard Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 7:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How to copy display objects? 99% sure its not possible to duplicate display objects --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "aceoohay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a couple of display objects such as a panel and an HBox which > have a number of children. I would like to make a copy of them into > another container such as a VBox. > > Everything I have tried thus far has been akin to a move. How does > one go about making a copy of two objects into a new container, > leaving the original objects alone? > > What I would like would be sort of like; > > var myVBox:VBox = new VBox; > myVBox.addChild(new HBox(myHBox)); > myVBox.addChild(new Panel(myPanel)); > > or > > var myVBox:VBox = new VBox; > myVBox.addChild(myHBox.copy()); > myVBox.addChild(myPanel.copy()); > > var myVBox:VBox = new VBox; > myVBox.addChild(myHBox.source); > myVBox.addChild(myPanel.source); > > Where myHBox and myPanel are existing objects with some children. I > know none of the above syntax is supported but I was hoping it might > make clear what I am trying to do. > > I would appreciate any/all help in finding this answer. > > Paul >
