How to copy Movieclip display properties as a vector into another movieclip

For my project I need to copy the graphics of a Movieclip with all of its children without copying anything else into a second Movieclip. I cannot use the Bitmap classes because I need the graphics to be displayed as a vector and I cannot use a method that simply copies the clip by calling the instructor ie:

var copy:开发者_如何学PythonMovieClip = clip.constructor

Is there any way to copy only the display portions of a clip into another Movieclip without turning it into a bitmap?

Thanks

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Cloning display objects out of the box in as3 is no easy task. Here is a tutorial explaining the several approaches that have been attempted over the years and what works and what does not:

http://www.dannyburbol.com/2009/01/movieclip-clone-flash-as3/