ActionScript 2.0 Components
The ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference describes each component available in the Version 2 Adobe Component Architecture, along with its application programming interface (API). To learn how to use, customize, and create version 2 components, see Using ActionScript 2.0 Components.
Note: Adobe Flash CS4 Professional includes ActionScript 2.0 components as well as ActionScript 3.0 components. You cannot mix these two sets of components. You must use one set or the other for a given application. Flash CS4 presents either ActionScript 2.0 components or ActionScript 3.0 components based on whether you open an ActionScript 2.0 or an ActionScript 3.0 file. When you create a new Flash CS4 document, you must specify either a Flash File (ActionScript 3.0) or a Flash File (ActionScript 2.0). When you open an existing document, Flash examines the Publish Settings to determine which set of components to use. For information about ActionScript 3.0 components, see Using ActionScript 3.0 Components.
In this book, each component description contains information about the following:
- Keyboard interaction
- Live preview
- Accessibility
- Setting the component parameters
- Using the component in an application
- Customizing the component with styles and skins
- ActionScript methods, properties, and events
Components are presented alphabetically. You can also find components arranged by category in the tables that follow.
This chapter contains the following sections: