User Guide

92 Chapter 6: Components Dictionary
Data handling
CheckBox component Allows users to make a Boolean (true or false) choice.
ComboBox component Allows users to select one option from a scrolling list of choices.
This component can have an selectable text field at the top of the
list that allows users to search the list.
DataGrid component (Flash
Professional only)
Allows users to display and manipulate multiple columns of data.
DateChooser component
(Flash Professional only)
Allows users to select one or more dates from a calendar.
DateField component (Flash
Professional only)
An nonselectable text field with a calendar icon. When a user clicks
inside the component’s bounding box, Macromedia Flash displays
a DateChooser component.
Label component A non-editable, single-line text field.
List component Allows users to select one or more options from a scrolling list.
Loader component A container that holds a loaded SWF or JPEG file.
Menu component (Flash
Professional only)
A standard desktop application menu; allows users to select one
command from a list.
MenuBar component (Flash
Professional only)
A horizontal bar of menus.
NumericStepper component A text box with clickable arrows that raise and lower the value of a
number.
ProgressBar component Displays the progress of a process, such as a loading operation.
RadioButton component Allows users to select between mutually exclusive options.
ScrollPane component Displays movies, bitmaps, and SWF files in a limited area using
automatic scroll bars.
TextArea component An optionally editable, multiline text field.
TextInput component An optionally editable, single-line text input field.
Tree component (Flash
Professional only)
Allows a user to manipulate hierarchical information.
Window component A draggable window with a title bar, caption, border, and Close
button and content-display area.
UIScrollBar component Allows you to add a scroll bar to a text field.
Component Description
Data binding classes (Flash
Professional only)
Classes that implement the Flash runtime data
binding functionality.
DataHolder component (Flash
Professional only)
Holds data and can be used as a connector between components.
Component Description