document.addItem()

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004.

#### Usage

document.addItem(position, item)

#### Parameters

position A point that specifies the x and y coordinates of the location at which to add the item. It uses the center of a symbol or the upper left corner of a bitmap or video.
item An Item object that specifies the item to add and the library from which to add it (see Item object (../Item_object/item_summary.md)).

#### Returns

A Boolean value: true if successful; false otherwise.

#### Description

Method; adds an item from any open document or library to the specified Document object.

#### Example

javascript
The following example adds the first item from the library to the first document at the specified location for the selected symbol, bitmap, or video:
var item = fl.documents[0].library.items[0]; 

fl.documents[0].addItem({x:0,y:0}, item);
The following example adds the symbol myMovieClip from the current document’s library to the current document:
var itemIndex = fl.getDocumentDOM().library.findItemIndex("myMovieClip"); 

var theItem = fl.getDocumentDOM().library.items[itemIndex]; fl.getDocumentDOM().addItem({x:0,y:0}, theItem);
The following example adds the symbol myMovieClip from the second document in the documents array to the third document in the documents array:
var itemIndex = fl.documents[1].library.findItemIndex("myMovieClip"); 

var theItem = fl.documents[1].library.items[itemIndex]; fl.documents[2].addItem({x:0,y:0}, theItem);