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Dynamically creating an empty movie clip

To create an empty movie clip on the Stage while a movie plays, use the `createEmptyMovieClip` method of the MovieClip object. This method creates a movie clip as a child of the clip that calls the method. The registration point for a newly created empty movie clip is the upper left corner. Although the `createEmptyMovieClip` method behaves similarly to `attachMovie`, you don't need to provide a linkage identifier because you aren't adding a symbol from the library.

To create an empty movie clip:

1 | Select a frame, button, or movie clip to which to assign the action.
2 | Choose Window > Actions to open the Actions panel if it isn't already open.
3 | In the Actions toolbox (at the left of the Actions panel), click the Objects category, the Movie category, the MovieClip category, and the Methods category, and double-click `createEmptyMovieClip`.
4 | For the `object` parameter, enter the instance name of a movie clip on the Stage, or click the Insert Target Path button to browse to an instance.
5 | Enter values for the following parameters:
| For `instanceName`, specify an identifier.
| For `depth`, enter the level at which the duplicate movie will be attached to the movie clip. Each created movie has its own stacking order, with level 0 as the level of the originating movie. Newly created movie clips are always on top of the original movie clip. Here is an example:
    myMovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip("newMC", 10);