Naming Instance of DuplicateMovieClip

I want to Duplicate a Movie Clip using AS.

How can I name this new instance of the MC?

ethan -

there's a better way to do it than Duplicate Movie Clip -

try this:

this.attachMovie(yourInstanceName, yourNewinstanceName, yourDepth);

...but if you did want to use duplicatemovieclip...

this script places the new instance of the duplicated mc on a new level each time and appends the name of each movie clip with that level as a unique identifier.

var inc = 0;

movietoduplicate.duplicateMovieClip("newname_"+inc, inc);

//now access attributes of your new movie:
eval("newname_"+inc)._x = 56;
eval("newname_"+inc)._y = 90;

inc = inc + 1;

that should do it. don't forget to increment the x and/or y positions otherwise you won't see them.