# Instantiating a library symbol on the stage at runtime...?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instantiating-a-library-symbol-on-the-stage-at-runtime/1790>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 24, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instantiating-a-library-symbol-on-the-stage-at-runtime/1790 "2002-05-24T13:45:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instantiating-a-library-symbol-on-the-stage-at-runtime/1790/1 "2002-05-24T13:45:08Z")

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How do you do it? That is… I have a movie running… If I want to say, drag one symbol to a location (an icon from an icon bank if you will) and on the release of it, i want another symbol from my library (as of yet not in my movie) to appear on the stage, how would i do it? I figure i will need actionscript, but i have just started working with flash not too long ago. Will i need to create an object or what? I guess this forum is all Flash MX, but if not, that’s what I’m using.

Basically i just need to know how to make a symbol from my library manifest on the stage wherever during run time…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instantiating-a-library-symbol-on-the-stage-at-runtime/1790/2 "2002-05-24T13:50:37Z")

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I didn’t know that i could post anonymously and since my posts didn’t appear when I pressed refresh, i thought maybe they hadn’t gone through.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instantiating-a-library-symbol-on-the-stage-at-runtime/1790/3 "2002-05-24T14:50:18Z")

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use attachMovie I explained it in the “Cool Sites” forum

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instantiating-a-library-symbol-on-the-stage-at-runtime/1790/4 "2002-05-24T15:07:45Z")

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scratch that, its in the “site check” forum

[http://pub40.ezboard.com/fkirupafrm10.showMessage?topicID=195.topic](http://pub40.ezboard.com/fkirupafrm10.showMessage?topicID=195.topic)