There are two types of screen-based documents. The type of document you select determines the type of default screen in the document.

• A Flash Slide Presentation uses the slide screen as the default screen type. A slide screen is designed for a sequential presentation.

• A Flash Form Application uses the form screen as the default screen type. A form screen is designed for a nonlinear, form-based application.

  Although each document has a default screen type, you can include and mix slide screens and form screens in any screen-based document.

To control screens, set parameters for slide or form screens in the Property inspector or use ActionScript. For more information, see “Screen class”, “Form class”, and “Slide class”, in the ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference.

Slide screens let you create Flash documents with sequential content, such as a slide show. The default runtime behavior lets users navigate sequentially through slide screens, using the left and right arrow keys. Sequential screens can overlay one another so that the previous screen remains visible when the next slide is viewed. Screens can continue playing after they are hidden. To automatically manage the visibility of each screen, use slide screens.

Form screens let you create structured form-based applications, such as online registration or e‑commerce forms. By default, to create the navigation structure with form screens, you must write ActionScript code. To manage the visibility of individual screens yourself, use form screens.

To learn more about creating screen-based documents that use ActionScript, see “About organizing code for screens in” in Using ActionScript 2.0 Components.