Chapter 6: Components Dictionary; Types Of Components - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING COMPONENTS Use Manual

This reference chapter describes each component and its application programming interface
(API). Each component description contains information about the following:
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Keyboard interaction
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Live preview
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Accessibility
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Setting the component parameters
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Using the component in an application
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Customizing the component with styles and skins
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ActionScript methods, properties, and events
Components are presented alphabetically. You can also find components arranged by category in
the tables that follow.
This chapter contains the following sections:

Types of components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Other listings in this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Types of components
The following tables list the different components, arranged by category, in version 2 of the
Macromedia Component Architecture.
User interface (UI) components
Component
Accordion component (Flash
Professional only)
Alert component (Flash
Professional only)
Button component
Components Dictionary
Description
A set of vertical overlapping views with buttons along the top that
allow users to switch views.
A window that presents a message and buttons to capture the
user's response.
A resizable button that can be customized with a custom icon.
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