Using Flash, Flash Components, and Other

To add complex media and new capabilities to your Macromedia Director MX 2004 movie, you can use Macromedia Flash content (MX or later), Flash components, other Director movies, and ActiveX controls. Each of these multimedia formats has interactive capabilities that are preserved by Director.
Flash content in a Director movie provides a vector-based, scalable, interactive animation that is optimized for use on the web.
Director provides you with a set of Flash built-in components, which are movie clips with defined parameters. You can use these components to add user interface elements, such as buttons and check boxes to your movies. You can use these components and set properties and events without having Flash installed.
Director movies within other Director movies simplify complex productions. A linked movie appears within another movie as a single cast member, saving you the trouble of managing extra cast members and Score data. Using discrete movies also helps you manage file size for easier downloading.
ActiveX controls in Director can manage ActiveX application resources from within a movie.
ActiveX controls provide a variety of features, including web browsing, spreadsheet functions, and database management. ActiveX controls function as normal sprites in a movie. ActiveX controls work only in Director for Windows and only in projectors.