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• ActionScript 3

  Copying Objects in AS3, part2

  05.13.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  So, last time we looked at how to run an objects constructor to create a duplicate - which is what Adobe recommends as a replacement for duplicateMovieClip.

  The problem is that even tho this solves a majority of the situations it does not let us copy an Objects state (such as a Display Objects position, graphics property or the content of an Array).

  Flash copies primitive data types such as String and Int when they are assigned to a variable:

  1	var…

• ActionScript 3

  Copying a MovieClip in AS3

  04.29.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Copying a Movie Clip in ActionScript 3. Can’t be done. Right? Wrong.

  Well, duplicateMovieClip is certainly gone, but there are still ways of making copies - running an objects constructor for example.

  The basic way of doing this (which you no doubt know) is running the constructor of an object directly:

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  private var _circle = new customCircleClass   // "copy"   private var _circle2 = new customCircleClass

  This, however, requires you to know the name of the constructor you are running. In many cases…

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