Movie Clip help

[chuco61]

I am having the most difficult time here.

Here is my problem:

I have button 1 calling up a frame with movie clip titled "showroom"

i now need to make a duplicate of movieclip "showroom" to be called by button 2.

This is not a problem, but the problem i am encountering is when i copy "showroom" and edit on the movieclip, the other changes as well. I know that this isnt the proper way to do this but how do i get the functionality of the "showroom" without messing up the original version. I did not make this file and am trying to edit it.

here is a link
http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/12352.html

Essentially, PPricing is supposed to be collection 1, and collection will be collection 2.

I need the functions of collection to be under pricing as well.

hope this makes sense please help! :(

[Nile]

Can you please post your code too? If you don't, we can't find out the problem.

[Medyman]

@Nile....
Code? For what?

@chuco61...
Copying and pasting a movieclip doesn't create another copy of it...it creates another instance of it. The sources are still the same.

Before you edit anything, click on the MC that you want to edit. Hit Ctrl/Cmd + B. This will ungroup the symbol. Then hit Ctrl/Cmd + F8 to create a new symbol. Name it whatever you want. Voila, you have a copied movieclip in your library. Now you can go in and edit it however you want without messing with the original.

Keep in mind that if you have movieclips within movieclips, you'll have to do this for all the constituent parts as well.

[chuco61]

@Nile....
Code? For what?

@chuco61...
Copying and pasting a movieclip doesn't create another copy of it...it creates another instance of it. The sources are still the same.

Before you edit anything, click on the MC that you want to edit. Hit Ctrl/Cmd + B. This will ungroup the symbol. Then hit Ctrl/Cmd + F8 to create a new symbol. Name it whatever you want. Voila, you have a copied movieclip in your library. Now you can go in and edit it however you want without messing with the original.

Keep in mind that if you have movieclips within movieclips, you'll have to do this for all the constituent parts as well.

wow that sounds easier than i thought. ill take a look into this tomorrow. Thank you very much!