# AS3 and Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-and-flash/228896>\
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**Created:** [June 12, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-and-flash/228896 "2007-06-12T11:02:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![sceneshift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@sceneshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sceneshift)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-and-flash/228896/1 "2007-06-12T11:02:44Z")

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Hey forums,

A lot of the online tutorials and documentation I have been reading assume that most AS3 projects are going to be created through the Flex IDE.

Since I am familiar with Flash, I was to develop my project from within Flash CS3 but keep with the popular class structure that is featured in most tutorials. Simply put, I was to code all my AS3 in separate .as files and important them into the .fla. Is this bad practise? I was hoping to keep my first frame in the timeline to something like:

```auto
stop();
import "as/movieAs.as"

```

Can anyway please tell me how this would be done in As3? I can figure out how to attach outside packages to movieclips via linkage, but not to the stage itself. (Also please bare in mind my .as files are in a “as” directory.

Cheers!