# Assigning the same custom class to multiple movie clips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-the-same-custom-class-to-multiple-movie-clips/271102>\
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**Created:** [September 18, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-the-same-custom-class-to-multiple-movie-clips/271102 "2008-09-18T11:43:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![deluxmilkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@deluxmilkman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deluxmilkman)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-the-same-custom-class-to-multiple-movie-clips/271102/1 "2008-09-18T11:43:34Z")

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i have multiple movie clips (multiple instance).  
i would like to assign a custom class to all of them,  
but flash says i need different class names under linkage property for each instance.

Does that mean I need 3 as file for each of my movielip instance although they are all the same?

```auto

package{

	import flash.display.MovieClip;
	import flash.events.Event;
	import flash.events.MouseEvent;
	
	public class F1 extends MovieClip {

		public function F1() {
			
		this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,flowerOver);
		}
		
	
		private function flowerOver(e:MouseEvent):void{
			trace("over");
		
		}
	}	
	
}

```

please help me.

thanks