===== Components ======



===== UI Component Framework Comparison Table =====
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^Framework 					^v1 	^v2 	^Flex2	^AsWing ^ActionStep ^BitComponents 	^EnFlash 	^mCom 	^SMX 	^Izzy 	^XP3
^Open Source					| + 	| +*7 	| - 	| + 	|	|	|	|	| +	|
^Price |
^License					|	|	|	| BSD	| BSD	|	|	|	| MPL triple	|
^Version					|	|	|	| alpha2(svn) | alpha 1 | ??? | 0.3 | ??? | alpha | pre-alpha |
^Support					|	|	|	|  Mailing list	| Mailing list |	|	|	| [[http://digdug.vosn.net/mailman/listinfo/smx_components_proalias.com|Mailing list]]	|
^Minimum Flash player version			| ?	| 6	| ?	| 7	| 8	|	|	|	| 6	|
^URL						|	|	|	| [[http://www.aswing.org|Home]] | [[http://www.osflash.org/actionstep|Home]] | [[http://www.flashloaded.com/flashcomponents/bitcomponentset/|Home]] | [[http://enflash.org|Home]] | [[http://www.metaliq.com/mCOM/|Home]] | [[http://www.cvsdude.com/trac/bbc/smx|Home]] | [[http://izzy.tigris.org/|Home]]	|	
^ |
^Widgets  |
^CheckBox 					| + 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^RadioButton					| + 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^ScrollBar 					| + 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^ComboBox  					| +	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^TextInput 					| + 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^Button 					| + 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^ToolTip 					| - 	| - 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^ImageView					| -	| +	| +	| +	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^Progress Indicator				| +	| +	| +	| +	| +*4	|	|	|	| +	|
^Slider						| -	| -	| +	| -	| +*4	|	|	|	| +	|
^Splitter					| -	| -	| +	| -	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^Alert 						| + 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^Dialog 					| - 	| - 	| - 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^Window 					| - 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^TabView 					| - 	|  	|  	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^Menu						| -	| +	|+ 	| -	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^Accordion 					| - 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| -*	|	|	|	| -	|
^List 						| - 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^Tree 						| - 	| + 	| + 	| - 	| +*2	|	|	|	| -	|
^Grid 						| - 	| + 	| + 	| - 	| -	|	|	|	| +	|
^|
^Features |
^embedabble font 				| - 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^skinable 					| - 	| + 	| + 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^different skins for same component		| -  	| + 	| ?	| + 	| +*3	|	|	|	| +	|
^change skins at runtime*5			| -  	| - 	| ?	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^layout can be changed 				| - 	| - 	| - 	| + 	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^layout containers				| -	| -	| +	| +	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^cursors					| -	| -	| +	| -	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^drag and drop					| -	| -	| +	| -	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^video						| -	| +	| +	| -	| +	|	|	|	| +*6	|
^databinding					| -	| +	| +	| -	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^collections					| -	| +	| +	| +	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^control reparenting				| -	| -	| +	| +	| +	|	|	|	| -	|
^focus handling					| +	| +	| +	| +	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^exception use throughout			| -	| -	| +	| -	| +	|	|	|	| +	|
^scroll wheel support				| -	| -	| +	| +	| +	|	|	|	| -	|

* No support planned

*2 ActionStep can represent hierarchies using NSBrowser and NSOutlineView (A tree/datagrid). NSBrowser is currently complete.

*3 With simple subclass

*4 Circular and linear

*5 runtime means after component shown

*6 Video support currently for swf-embedded flvs

*7 V2 component source code is available in the Flash Installation. Recently Macromedia released the source code for Flash Remoting Components as well.

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