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Loading External Symbols During Playback
Author: Mark White | Website: http://www.entriq.com/ |

Steps

Before diving into a step-by-step example, let's explore what we're going to achieve:

1. We'll create a SWF movie that contains three simple movies in its library. This file acts as a library containing the movies that we want to dynamically load.
2. We'll create a main SWF file that will load in the external library and it's symbols, then display them on-stage.

Step 1 - Creating a library movie

1. Choose Insert> New Symbol. Give it the name "box" and type "movie clip".
2. Draw a box (any size).
3. Choose Insert> New Symbol. Give it the name "circle" and type "movie clip".
4. Draw a circle (any size).
5. Choose Insert> New Symbol. Give it the name "line" and type "movie clip".
6. Draw a diagonal line (any size).

We now have three new library symbols - each are movie clips. In order for these movie clips to be loaded (or "attached") dynamically, we need to add linkage names to these symbols.

To export your library's movie clips, open up the library panel (Window> Library) and:

1. Select the box symbol in the library list, right click and choose Linkage.
   Choose Export this symbol and type "box" into the Identifier field.
2. Select the circle symbol in the library list, right click and choose Linkage.
   Choose Export this symbol and type "circle" into the Identifier field.
3. Select the line symbol in the library list, right click and choose Linkage.
   Choose Export this symbol and type "line" into the Identifier field.

Lastly - save the movie as "library.fla" and then publish it to "library.swf". Pressing Shift+F12 is a good shortcut to publish your flash movie.

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