Flash Lite 2.0 new features

Flash Lite 2.0 includes the following new features:

• Support for ActionScript 2.0, which lets you use advanced programming techniques including classes, interfaces, and strict data typing

• Device video playback

• Local, persistent data storage (Flash Lite shared objects)

• Support for loading device-specific sound and image formats

• New system capabilities information

• Support for additional device keys, including QWERTY keyboard support and support for up to 11 soft keys

• Rich text formatting (partial support)

• Ability to control backlight duration and set custom focus rectangle color

• Synchronized device sound

• XML processing support

  The following features in Flash Player 7 are not available in Flash Lite 2.0:

• Several ActionScript classes available in Flash Player 7 are unsupported or partially supported in Flash Lite 2.0. For more information about available ActionScript, see Introduction to Flash Lite 2.0 ActionScript.

• Socket communication using the XMLSocket class (available in Flash Lite 2.1)

• Support for communication with Flash Media Server (available in Flash Lite 3.0)

• Remote shared objects (local shared objects are partially supported)

• Native support for Flash Video (FLV) playback (available in Flash Lite 3.0)

• Support for Flash Application Protocol (the binary data communication protocol used by Flash Remoting)

• Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) formatting with text fields

• Masking with device fonts

• Bitmap smoothing while rendering at high-quality