# Shared Library - Bitmaps?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-library-bitmaps/219871>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 20, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-library-bitmaps/219871 "2007-03-20T20:05:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![creatify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@creatify](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creatify)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shared-library-bitmaps/219871/1 "2007-03-20T20:05:39Z")

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I’m needing some advice on shared libraries. I’ve used a number of them for fonts and movieclips, but just started to (try to) use a shared library with imported bitmaps - and I can’t get it to work? Is it possible to simply set for sharing a bitmap instance vs. placing them in movieclips, the setting the clips for export? I plan to use BitmapData.loadBitmap in conjunction w/ the shared bitmaps - but its a no go. I’m also using loadVars to insure the shared library has imported at run time.

Any knowledge on the subject is appreciated, thanks!