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CHAPTER 6
Components Dictionary
This reference chapter describes each component and its application programming interface
(API). Each component description contains information about the following:
• Keyboard interaction
• Live preview
• Accessibility
• Setting the component parameters
• Using the component in an application
• Customizing the component with styles and skins
• 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 Description
Accordion component (Flash
Professional only)
A set of vertical overlapping views with buttons along the top that
allow users to switch views.
Alert component (Flash
Professional only)
A window that presents a message and buttons to capture the
user’s response.
Button component A resizable button that can be customized with a custom icon.