duplicateMovieClip possible after createEmptyMovieClip?

[Thinkerbug]

Is it possible to use duplicateMovieClip on a MC that was created using createEmptyMovieClip? I created a simple test and couldn't get it to work. It went like this:

First frame:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("test_mc",1);
test_mc.loadMovie("pic1.jpg");

In the third frame, I check the height to make sure the jpg is loaded. Then I duplicate it:

trace(test_mc._height);
_root.test_mc.duplicateMovieClip("test2_mc",2);

Finally, in the 7th frame, I check the results with:

trace(test2_mc);
trace(test_mc);
stop();

The output is "75" for the height of the jpg in "test_mc", "undefined" for tracing "test2_mc" and "_level0.test_mc" for "test_mc" .

Thanks for any help.

[Billy T]

I dont think you can duplicate an mc after you have loaded a movie into it

cheers