Creating controls and transitions for screens with behaviors

To create controls and transitions for screens, use behaviors. Controls enable the flow between screens—for example, you can go to another screen, hide a screen, or show a screen. Transitions create visual animations that play as the Flash document display changes from one screen to another.

Behaviors are built‑in ActionScript scripts that you add to an object, such as a screen, to control that object. Behaviors let you add the power, control, and flexibility of ActionScript coding to your document without having to create the ActionScript code yourself. Behaviors are available for a variety of objects in Flash, including movie clips, text fields, and video and sound files.

To learn more about creating screen-based documents that use ActionScript, see "About organizing code for screens in" in Using ActionScript 2.0 Components.