Component categories

Components included with Flash fall into the following five categories (the locations of their ActionScript source files roughly correspond to these categories as well and are listed in parentheses):

Data components (mx.data.*)
Data components that allow you to load and manipulate information from data sources; the WebServiceConnector and XMLConnector components are data components.

NOTE

The source files for the data components aren't installed with Flash. However, some of the supporting ActionScript files are installed.
FLVPlayback component (mx.video.FLVPlayback)
The FLVPlayback component lets you readily include a video player in your Flash application to play progressive streaming video over HTTP, from a Flash Video Streaming Service (FVSS), or from Flash Media Server.
Media components (mx.controls.*)
Media components let you play back and control streaming media; MediaController, MediaPlayback, and MediaDisplay are media components.
User interface components (mx.controls.*)
User interface components (often referred to as "UI Components") allow you to interact with an application; for example, the RadioButton, CheckBox, and TextInput components are user interface controls.
Managers (mx.managers.*)
Managers are nonvisual components that allow you to manage a feature, such as focus or depth, in an application; the FocusManager, DepthManager, PopUpManager, StyleManager, and SystemManager components are manager components.
Screens (mx.screens.*)
The screens category includes the ActionScript classes that allow you to control forms and slides in Flash.

For a complete list of components, see ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference.

Flash CS3