Proper way to Duplicate Movieclip?

[GogetaX]

im trying to make some sort of "Inventory" grid where i created a small 64x64 box as a MovieClip witch gonna be an empty inventory item.

i want to duplicate it 10 to width and 6 to height.

whats the best way to duplicate this box to make this inventory grid includign arrays as handle?

im pretty sure this question already asked so many times, but i cannot find a proper answer for it. been trying lots of different stuff, non of them worked

im using ActionScript 3.0 and Flash Anim CC

[kheftel]

a double for loop with a new statement inside would do it.

[GogetaX]

i would like to see an example

[ASWC]

var htotalitems:int = 6;

var vtotalitems:int = 4;

var itemwidth:int = 64; // new MyMovie().width;

var itemheight:int = 64; // new MyMovie().height;

var xgap:int = 3;

var ygap:int = 3;

var xstart:int = 100;

var ystart:int = 200;

var xpos:int = xstart;

var ypos:int = ystart;

for(var i:int = 0; i < (htotalitems * vtotalitems); i++)

{

var movie:MyMovie = new MyMovie();

addChild(movie);

movie.x = xpos;

movie.y = ypos;

xpos += itemwidth + xgap;

if((i + 1) % htotalitems == 0)

{

xpos = xstart;

ypos += itemheight + ygap

}

}

[GogetaX]

var movie:MyMovie = new MyMovie();

this statement doesnt work for me.

[ASWC]

It's an hypothetical name, you'll have to replace it with whatever you use. All the values used are hypothetical as well, you'll have to change them to your liking. I really can't help you more than that.

[GogetaX]

have u seen the image? i AM using the same values

[kheftel]

you have to have an actionscript class linked to the symbol in the library, not an instance name, in order to be able to instantiate a symbol with code.

[ASWC · Accepted solution]

It seems very important for you to avoid using classes of any kind which for beginners can be understood to some extent. But here you are hitting a wall, to put it simply, if you don't use classes then you cannot do what you ask.

Classes give objects a definition, definitions can be used to duplicate/clone objects, your movie has NO definitions, your movie CANNOT be duplicated/cloned by code.

So if you stick to your question and requirements then the correct answer to your question is: impossible to do because you don't use classes.