Explore the set of user interface components, a set of video components, and a new component designed to integrate Flash content with the Flex framework.

Using the button component

Peter deHaan (Nov 23, 2010)

Learn about the basics of the Button component in Flash, a resizable, rectangular button that a user can press with the mouse or the spacebar to initiate an action in the application.

Using ActionScript 3 components

(Aug 02, 2010)

This manual describes how to build applications with ActionScript 3 components using Flash CS5 Professional, the standard authoring tool for producing high-impact web experiences.

Flash glossary: FLVPlayback component

Adobe (Jul 25, 2010)

Check out this A-Z guide to all things related to Flash Professional, covering basic terms, tasks, and key concepts.

Flash glossary: Components

Adobe (Jul 25, 2010)

Check out this A-Z guide to all things related to Flash Professional, covering basic terms, tasks, and key concepts.

Flash glossary: Flex component

Adobe (Jul 25, 2010)

Check out this A-Z guide to all things related to Flash Professional, covering basic terms, tasks, and key concepts.

Flash Ajax video component

(Feb 05, 2010)

Use this open-source Flash component to provide video playback within an Ajax application while maintaining full creative control over the look and feel of the video player.

Flash Builder 4 and Flash workflow

Enrique Duvos (Nov 24, 2009)

See a demo of using the new workflow available in Flash Builder 4 to add and edit Flash CS4 components. (4:51)

Learning Flash CS4 Professional

Rich Shupe (Aug 24, 2009)

Read these chapters from O'Reilly Media to learn about ActionScript 3 basics, as well as components, audio in Flash, and how to publish and deploy a SWF application.

Skinning the ActionScript 3 FLVPlayback component

Dan Carr (Jun 15, 2009)

Create custom web video controllers to provide unique user interfaces for navigating through movie content.

Getting started with Flash CS4 user interface components

Bob Berry (Feb 16, 2009)

Use Flash components to help you accelerate development of your web pages by providing elements that you can easily plug in and customize.

Creating the Kuler panel for Flash CS3 Professional

Ben Pritchard (Feb 02, 2009)

Examine how this panel, based on the online color theme-sharing tool, is constructed; and learn how the panel uses kuler APIs to extend the Flash authoring environment.

Displaying images with the TileList component

Bob Berry (Oct 28, 2008)

Learn about the ActionScript 3 TileList component, which presents images or other display objects as tiles that are arranged in rows and columns.

Using the Label component

Peter deHaan (Oct 15, 2008)

Explore the Label component, which displays a single line of text and is typically used to identify some other element or activity on a web page.

Filtering and formatting data in the DataGrid component

Peter deHaan (Oct 15, 2008)

Learn to use data grids to filter items in a data provider, align text in columns, alternate background colors in a data grid, set background color based on a row's data, and embed components into data grid cells.

Customizing and sorting the DataGrid component

Peter deHaan (Oct 15, 2008)

Learn how to customize data grid columns, sort data grid columns numerically, format numbers in data grid columns using a custom label function, and specify a custom text format for both data grid headers and data grid rows.

Creating, populating, and resizing the DataGrid component

Peter deHaan (Oct 15, 2008)

Learn the basics of working with the ActionScript 3 DataGrid component, including dynamically creating a DataGrid instance, specifying a data grid's contents using a data provider, and more.

Using ActionScript 2 components

(Jun 20, 2004)

Learn how to use Flash Professional to create ActionScript 2 components, the building blocks for high-impact web experiences, in this legacy documentation.