# Timeline actionscript vs class constructor

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-actionscript-vs-class-constructor/259511>\
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**Created:** [May 6, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-actionscript-vs-class-constructor/259511 "2008-05-06T06:13:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-actionscript-vs-class-constructor/259511/1 "2008-05-06T06:13:08Z")

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i inherited some movieclips on stage with a class definition called CustomShape.as. I’d like to customize each of the movieclips on stage by defining initial behaviors and i did it by entering the movieclip and entering actionscript on the first frame of the timeline. it’s not working, i reckon the constructor of the CustomShape class is overriding everything in the timeline that i wrote.

Which does execute first? the timeline code? or the class file constructor code?