# Basic Linkage Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-linkage-question/226010>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 17, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-linkage-question/226010 "2007-05-17T12:50:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![TroyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@TroyPants](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TroyPants)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-linkage-question/226010/1 "2007-05-17T12:50:24Z")

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I’ve seen them before, I’ve used them in tutorials, but I really have never understood what it does, and whats the point in using it, like what are advantages, or is it a necessity to using when using actionscript?