# Assigning a class w/ createEmptyMovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-a-class-w-createemptymovieclip/178926>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 15, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-a-class-w-createemptymovieclip/178926 "2006-02-15T13:58:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-a-class-w-createemptymovieclip/178926/1 "2006-02-15T13:58:25Z")

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Hi, I understand how to tell Flash that a preexisting symbol in the library should belong to a certain custom class, but how do you do this when creating movie clips w/ createEmptyMovieClip?? thanks in advance…