This is an example of how a Flash file can use an external library that may be shared between multiple .swf files.

Download the files for this example (zip format).

File 1 below was the original source of the shared .swf file. The "flowerbackground_mc" MovieClip was saved to the same directory as "flowerbackground_mc.swf", and is shared by both File 1, "flowers_traced.swf" and File 2, "flowers_traced2.swf".

File 1:

File 2:

Jeff Sale