Building Applications using Components
Macromedia Flash includes a core set of prebuilt, customizable components that you can use to quickly develop interfaces for web forms and applications. More components are available for download at Macromedia Flash Exchange. See the tutorials and articles below to learn more about using components and creating your own.
TechNotes
- 60b46608—Data Connection Wizard fails in Flash 8
- 3c6784bc—PendingCall.onFault cannot capture SOAP:FAULT responses
- dbc8de3f—DataGrid created dynamically in Flash shows missing or extra rows
- 83d422a3—Swap Symbol not available when components selected
- 42a7ed8e—Select Unused Items in Library doesn't remove some components
- fe3b749b—ComboBox Component at higher depth renders child menu below components at lower depths
- tn_18938—Using a class to initialize the properties of a component on the stage
- tn_19435—removeMovieClip action fails when button component is on stage
- tn_19417—Scroll Bar component in Macromedia Flash MX 2004 requires Snap to Objects
- tn_18930—Adding components to the stage using ActionScript
- tn_19443—Components become unresponsive when style is set
- tn_19377—Components fail in multiple linked shared libraries
- tn_19457—Remoting Components and Libraries lost during uninstall of the 7.2 Updater
- tn_19140—Installing Remoting components into non-English versions of Macromedia Flash
- tn_19174—How to enable type checking for the Data Connector Components in custom classes
- tn_19138—Component properties not available to ActionScript
- tn_19372—DateField component cannot receive keyboard input
- tn_19361—DataSet component is not able to resolve data typed as Date from the XMLConnector component
- tn_19442—Progress Bar does not sync with Loader Component in a movie clip
Tutorials and Articles
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Creating a JPEG slide show with XML
Use XML and Macromedia Flash MX to create a dynamic JPEG slide show. -
Creating components in Macromedia Flash MX
This article explains how to create a component in Macromedia Flash MX, including defining parameters, adding a description, and creating a custom interface and a Live Preview. -
Creating forms with UI components in Macromedia Flash MX
Learn how to create a simple order form using the Flash UI components in Macromedia Flash MX, and how to submit the form data using the new LoadVars ActionScript object. -
Using the Google web service in Macromedia Flash MX
Use Macromedia Flash MX and Macromedia ColdFusion MX to search the Google index of 2 billion web pages and display results. -
Using Macromedia Flash MX learning interactions
Use Macromedia Flash MX to create quizzes and interactions with AICC or SCORM-compliant scoring and tracking. -
Using a Macromedia Flash MX quiz template
Use a Macromedia Flash MX quiz template to create a movie with six different interaction types, such as drag and drop and hot spot, and cumulative scoring. The quiz template is AICC and SCORM compliant. -
Flash Application Design
This article explains how to build data-driven Flash applications. Includes downloadable Flash files and Perl scripts. -
Implementing XML and Flash in a Web application
Read this example-driven article to learn more about creating a client-server application that supports data transfer and real-time continuous connections using Flash 5 with XML as your application protocol.
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