Categories of components

Components included with Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004 fall into four categories: user interface (UI) components, media components, data components, and managers. UI controls allow a user to interact with an application; for example, the RadioButton, CheckBox, and TextInput components are UI controls. Media components allow you to stream media into an application; the MediaPlayback component is a media component. Data components allow you to load and manipulate information from data sources; the WebServiceConnector and XMLConnector components are data components. Managers are non-visual components that allow you to manage a feature, such as focus or depth, in an application; the FocusManager, DepthManager, PopUpManager, and StyleManager are the manager components included with Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004. For a complete list of each category, see Components Dictionary.