Question

I need a drop-down for my form. It looks like ComboBox control is what I need to use. It works but it adds 50k to my SWF. I’m wondering if there is stuff that I can do to mitigate such file size increase. Or are there other alternatives to ComboBox control?

Answer 1

You can:

1. Write your own simplistic ComboBox implementation that could be smaller, because it won’t compile all framework dependencies. Though it can be non-trivial task, especially if you want to have similar flexibility as standard components provide out of the box.
2. Find another UI solution for your problem if applicable.
3. Use HTML tag outside your Flash application and communicate between HTML and Flash using ExternalInterface if applicable.