# A few questions on components

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**Created:** [January 20, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-questions-on-components/176152 "2006-01-20T19:36:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![voxecho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/278dde/32.png) [@voxecho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/voxecho)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-questions-on-components/176152/1 "2006-01-20T19:36:01Z")

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1. if i have several components that can be stand alone, but are also used by other components, would i add the used components in the “super” component so that they are all put in the library at the same time?

possible problems that i have seen with this: do i have to compile the smaller components into SWC files before i compile the “super?”

e.g.

i have a component which is just a control button with several possible icons, and then there is a controlstrip component which will load these buttons in a windows type control bar. when i add a new icon to this list, i have been compiling the controlbutton into SWC then compiling the controlstrip into SWC… is this a needed step?

1. is there a way to make a library of components that can be compiled all at once, and when dropped into the component list, they are individually listed (sorta like the MM UI Components)

i hope this has made sense.

-Echo