Dynamically creating and assigning names to movieclips AS3

Question

I have a movieclip that I need to duplicate dynamically based on an outside variable. e.g. clip1, clip2, etc This variable changes so I can't hardcode the number of times it occurs.

Is there a way to dynamically create this movieclip multiple times and align it according on the screen?

I wasn't able to find anything on Google..

Regards Luben

Answer 1

How about using a function that duplicates a DisplayObject. This function returns a new instance of the Class the provided object is:

function duplicateDisplayObject( dspObj:DisplayObject ):DisplayObject 
{
    var class_name:String = getQualifiedClassName( dspObj );
    var definition:Class = getDefinitionByName( class_name ) as Class;
    return new definition() as DisplayObject;
}

(MovieClip, Sprite, and Bitmap all inherit from DisplayObject)

Edit:

If you need to use it with MovieClips, you can simply:

var myDuplicate:MovieClip = duplicateDisplayObject( myOriginalMovieClip ) as MovieClip;