# Linkage identifiers must be unique?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linkage-identifiers-must-be-unique/189103>\
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**Created:** [May 13, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linkage-identifiers-must-be-unique/189103 "2006-05-13T18:17:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![emmett\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/258eb7/32.png) [@emmett\_m](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/emmett_m)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linkage-identifiers-must-be-unique/189103/1 "2006-05-13T18:17:24Z")

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If anyone could help me out I would be very grateful. I keep getting this message:

[COLOR=“Red”] **Warning** The linkage identifier ‘subNavPress’ was already assigned to the symbol ‘subNavPress’, and cannot be assigned to the symbol ‘subNavPress’, since linkage identifiers must be unique.[/COLOR]

I get it for all types of clips when I bring FLAs in from Flash 7 to Flash 8. Some of the .swfs work perfectly but others don’t work correctly. I don’t have repeated use of the naming… And as I said they work perfectly in Flash 7. What gives? It’s driving me CRAZY!

Thanks!