# External Library Path for components?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-library-path-for-components/310201
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 3, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-library-path-for-components/310201 "2010-06-03T23:42:02Z")
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### Author: ![Matt\_Garland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Matt\_Garland](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Matt_Garland)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-library-path-for-components/310201/1 "2010-06-03T23:42:02Z")

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Hi,

I want to:

1. Place symbols on the stage manually in loaded.fla
2. Exclude these symbols from the swf because they will already be in loading.swf

So I:

1. Created a component.fla

2. Created a “comp” symbol in the fla

3. Turned that symbol into a component via Component Definition

4. Exported the comp.swz into Configuration/Components/MyComps

5. Opened up loaded.fla

6. Pulled the comp component onto the stage

7. Went to file AS settings and added Configuration/Components/MyComps to the External Library Paths

8. Compiled loaded.swf and played it

BUT the swf includes the comp component on the stage…which is NOT what I wanted. I only want the swf to work and have a reference to comp when it it loaded into loading.swf.

Why haven’t the classes in comp been excluded?

Obviously this is a workaround for runtime shared libraries, which is unpredictable, time-wasting and generally painful. Is there a better way to retain WYSIWYG and share symbols? I don’t want to do dynamic placing.

Thanks!

Matt