Installing components

A set of Macromedia components is already installed when you launch Flash MX 2004 or Flash MX Professional 2004 for the first time. You can view them in the Components panel.

Flash MX 2004 includes the following components:

• Button component
• CheckBox component
• ComboBox component
• Label component
• List component
• Loader component
• NumericStepper component
• ProgressBar component
• RadioButton component
• ScrollPane component
• TextArea component
• TextInput component
• Window component

Flash MX Professional 2004 includes the Flash MX 2004 components and the following additional components and classes:

• Accordion component (Flash Professional only)
• Alert component (Flash Professional only)
• Data binding classes (Flash Professional only)
• DateField component (Flash Professional only)
• DataGrid component (Flash Professional only)
• DataHolder component (Flash Professional only)
• DataSet component (Flash Professional only)
• DateChooser component (Flash Professional only)
• Form class (Flash Professional only)
• Media components (Flash Professional only)
• Menu component (Flash Professional only)
• MenuBar component (Flash Professional only)
• RDBMSResolver component (Flash Professional only)
• Screen class (Flash Professional only)
• Slide class (Flash Professional only)
• Tree component (Flash Professional only)
• WebServiceConnector class (Flash Professional only)
• XMLConnector component (Flash Professional only)
• XUpdateResolver component (Flash Professional only)

To verify installation of the Flash MX 2004 or Flash MX Professional 2004 components:

1. Start Flash.
2. Select Window > Development Panels > Components to open the Components panel if it isn't already open.
3. Select UI Components to expand the tree and view the installed components.

You can also download components from the Macromedia Exchange at www.macromedia.com/exchange. To install components downloaded from the Exchange, download and install the Macromedia Extension Manager at www.macromedia.com/exchange/em_download/

Any component can appear in the Components panel in Flash. Follow these steps to install components on either a Windows or Macintosh computer.

To install components on a Windows-based or a Macintosh computer:

1. Quit Flash.
2. Place the SWC or FLA file containing the component in the following folder on your hard disk:
   • \Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\<language>\Configuration\Components (Windows)
   • HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash MX 2004/Configuration/Components (Macintosh)
3. Open Flash.
4. Select Window > Development Panels > Components to view the component in the Components panel if it isn't already open.