# \[Flash 8\] dynamically create symbols

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-dynamically-create-symbols/216577>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 18, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-dynamically-create-symbols/216577 "2007-02-18T12:18:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![shax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@shax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shax)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-dynamically-create-symbols/216577/1 "2007-02-18T12:18:53Z")

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Hi all, i know i tend to ask a lot of question which probably frustrate half of you by now but here goes. How do you dynamically create a symbol, say one that i’ve created and I want to add a function so that at runtime you can click a button and it allows you to create a new instance of the symbol whether it’s a movieclip of something to the main timeline? I ask this cus i need a way of allowing a user to add more texboxes, i could use createClassObject i know but i’ve created a moveclip with the texbox and a faded background behind it as i don’t want to have a solid white background behind it.