User Guide

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CHAPTER 1
Flash Lite 2.x Overview
Macromedia Flash Lite 2.0 is a version of Flash Player designed for devices. Flash Lite 2.0 is
based on Flash Player 7 and supports most—but not all—features in Flash Player 7. Flash Lite
2.0 also includes features specific to mobile development that are not available in Flash Player
7. For example, in Flash Lite 2.0 you can load device-specific media types (images, sounds,
video) that aren’t natively supported by Flash Lite. Flash Lite 2.0 also features device
integration features, such as the ability to make phone calls and send text messages, among
others. This chapter provides an overview of the new features in Flash Lite 2.0, and also
discusses those features in Flash Player 7 that Flash Lite 2.0 doesn’t support.
This chapter contains the following topics:
About Flash Lite 2.0 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Flash Lite 2.0 new features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About components in Flash Lite 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About Flash Lite 2.0 features
This section lists new features in Flash Lite 2.0, as well as those features available in Flash
Player 7 that are not supported by Flash Lite 2.0.
Flash Lite 2.0 includes the following new features, which are described more fully under
“Flash Lite 2.0 new features” on page 6.
■ ActionScript 2.0
■ Device video playback
■ Local, persistent data storage (Flash Lite shared objects)
■ Support for loading device-specific sound and image formats
■ New system capabilities information
■ Support for additional device keys, including QWERTY keyboard support and support
for up to 11 soft keys
■ Rich text formatting (partial support)