MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH, Manual

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The flash.display package
The flash.display package contains the BitmapData class that you can use to build
visual displays.
The flash.external package
The flash.external package lets you communicate with the Flash Player container using
ActionScript code. For example, if you embed a SWF file in an HTML page, that HTML
page is the container. You would be able to communicate with the HTML page using the
ExternalInterface class and JavaScript. Also called the External API.
XMLSocket The XMLSocket class lets you create a persistent socket connection
between a server computer and client running Flash Player. Client
sockets enable low-latency data transfer, such as that which is required
for real-time chat applications. See XMLSocket.
XMLUI The XMLUI object enables communication with SWF files that are
used as a custom user interface for the Flash authoring tool’s
extensibility features (such as Behaviors, Commands, Effects, and
Tools). See XMLUI.
Class Description
BitmapData The BitmapData class lets you create arbitrarily sized transparent or
opaque bitmap images in the document and manipulate them in various
ways at runtime. See BitmapData (flash.display.BitmapData).
Class Description
ExternalInterface The ExternalInterface class is the External API, a subsystem that
enables communications between ActionScript and the Flash Player
container (such as an HTML page using JavaScript) or a desktop
application that uses Flash Player. See ExternalInterface
(flash.external.ExternalInterface).
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