# To reference a library component from ActionScript file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-reference-a-library-component-from-actionscript-file/314411>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 28, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-reference-a-library-component-from-actionscript-file/314411 "2010-09-28T07:20:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![the\_bigrich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@the\_bigrich](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/the_bigrich)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/to-reference-a-library-component-from-actionscript-file/314411/1 "2010-09-28T07:20:51Z")

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Any help to solve this would be MOST APPRECIATED!.  
I have a component in my library that I want to programmatically place on the stage and manipulate from my external actionscript file. I have a blank FLA and all the movieclips, text, etc that are on the stage have being created in an external ActionScript file and placed on the stage. However I would like to access this one component that is stored in my library without having to place it on the stage - since everything is to be done in ActionScript.  
Is there a way to do this?  
Kind regards and thanks for any help.