Slide screens and form screens (Flash Professional only)

You can create two different types of screens in a document: slide screens and form screens. A Flash Slide Presentation uses the slide screen as the default screen type. A Flash Form Application uses the form screen as the default screen type. However, you can mix slide screens and form screens in any screen-based document to take advantage of the functionality of both and create more complex structure in a presentation or application.

You can set parameters for slide or form screens in the Property inspector. See Setting parameters for a screen (Flash Professional only). You can also use ActionScript to control screens. See Screen class, Form class, and Slide class.

Slide screens let you create Flash documents with sequential content, such as a slide show. Default behavior lets users navigate between slide screens using the arrow keys. Sequential screens can overlay one another so that the previous screen remains visible when the next slide is viewed. Screens can continue playing after they are hidden. Use slide screens when you want the visibility of each screen to be managed automatically.

Note: By default, arrow keys let you navigate between screens on the same level, not between nested screens. For an explanation of nested screens, see Document structure and hierarchy (Flash Professional only).

Form screens let you create structured form-based applications, such as online registration or e-commerce forms. Form screens are simple containers that you use to structure a form-based application. By default, to create the navigation structure with form screens, you must write ActionScript. Use form screens when you want to manage the visibility of individual screens yourself.