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Making the component available for Flash documents

To add the component to the Flash MX application, you place the component files in the Components folder inside the Macromedia Flash MX application folder on your hard disk.

To make the component available to users on other systems, you must provide the users with a folder that contains all the files associated with the component, including the component movie clip symbol and any external files for Live Preview and custom interfaces, if available.

To add the component to the Flash MX application folder:

1 | Place the component FLA document, the preview SWF movie (if you have created one), and the custom interface SWF movie (if you have created one) in the Components folder in the location indicated below for your operating system.
| Note: If you cannot find the Configuration/Components folder nested inside the Application Data folder, go to the Folder Options settings for your operating system. Make sure the Hidden Files and Folders option is set to show hidden files and folders. See your operating system documentation for more information.
| For Windows operating systems:
| Windows 2000 or XP: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash MX\Configuration\Components
| Windows 98 or ME: C:\Windows\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash MX\Configuration\Components
| Windows NT: Windows directory\profiles\user\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash MX\Configuration\Components
| For Macintosh operating systems:
| Macintosh OS X: Hard Drive/Users/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/FlashMX/Configuration/Components
| Macintosh System 9.x, single user: Hard Drive/System folder/Application Support/Macromedia/Flash MX/Configuration/Components
| Macintosh System 9.x, multiple users: Hard Drive/Users/[user name]/Documents/Macromedia/FlashMX/Configuration/Components
2 | Restart Flash MX.
3 | Choose Window > Components.
4 | Click the pop-up menu bar below the title bar in the Components panel, and choose the your component from the menu.
| The component appears in the Components panel, indicated by the icon you selected in the Component Definition dialog box.
5 | Drag the component from the Components panel to the Stage to add it to a movie.