Inherit/extend library symbol

Hello,

Is it possible to inherit/extend a library symbol? It is possible I am using the wrong terminology, so here is a description of what I am trying to do.

I have a button in my library. This button has a TextField on it. What I want to do is create multiple buttons from this and drag them onto the stage so that I have indivudual buttons with their own messages on them. I know I can drag as many instances of a single button as I want, but they each would have the message contianed in the original. I need each button to have a unique message, but all have the same actions.

Now, I know I could make a new class that extends the SimpleButton class, but to be honest. I am a bit lazy and don’t want to have to set all the button and text parameters by code.

I thought I saw somewhere once where someone used lib.[symbolName] to access a library symbol.

take care,
lee