Instantiating Objects from the library from within the movie clip

Ive been Instantiating Library object from linked external
action script files and it works fine.
var PPEbtn1 = new btnPPE;
but when i try to do it from within the main swfs timeline it
fails to work and i recieve an error if anyone could please help it
would be most apreciated. thanks

You need to get the application domain of the external swf
and use its getDefinition method. Cast the result to a Class and
then you can instantiate the symbol.
Here's some example code where "library" is an externally
loaded swf:

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var BottomObject:ClassObject = new ClassObject(this,100,150);
var topObject:ClassObject = new ClassObject(this,110,160);
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================================
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========================
so- the goal is to bring the "bottom" Class object on top of
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tia
ferd

Thank you for your response - and here I have included the
code I reworked to show how it works, and doesn't work. you're
right about not needing the extra containers, but this example is
part of a bigger thing...
I'm confused - it works ONLY if I attach the movie outside
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learn more about class objects and movieclip usage?
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tmp2 =
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Swap_btn.onRelease=function() {
BottomObject.swapIt(topObject);
trace("clicked button");
// ClassObject3.as
class ClassObject3 extends MovieClip{
var __LocalMovieClip:MovieClip;
function
ClassObject3(passedInMovieClip:MovieClip,x:Number,y:Number) {
trace(" this class object is at ["+this.getDepth()+"]");
__LocalMovieClip = passedInMovieClip;
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__LocalMovieClip._y = y;
public function swapIt(targetMc:MovieClip):Void {
trace("do the swap in the class");
trace("===========================");
trace("target type :" + typeof(targetMc));
trace("__LocalMovieClip type :" + typeof(__LocalMovieClip));
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// Frame 1
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var topObject:ClassObject2 = new
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class ClassObject2 extends MovieClip{
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