Movieclip symbol into library

Hi,
anyone has an idea when and why movieclip symbol become green in library when i export actionscript file with that movieclip?
thanks

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This is the AS3 forum and you are posting with regards to AS2 code. Try posting in the AS2 forum...
http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_actionscript
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