Pre-built control library
The core of a ZoomFlex application is in the creation of server-side objects. These objects have properties (think of a database table with fields). For each property you can define a control that the user will interact with. For example you could have an email address field that stores its value in a string field in the database yet has email validation when the user interacts with it.
Pre-Built client-server controls
A key feature of ZoomFlex controls is that the client controls are bound to the server. For example the file upload control is integrated with the ShadoCMS document management system. This means you need no other code to upload and work with files from your Flex client. Here is list of some of the ZoomFlex controls.
| Control | Description | |
| String | Displays a text input control | |
| Text | Displays a text area input | |
| HTML | Displays an HTML WYWIWYG Editor | |
| Calendar | Displays a date picker | |
| Checkbox | Displays a checkbox | |
| Object | Displays a dropdown (or filter) with the label value of another object | |
| File | Displays a file upload control. Uploaded files are stored in Shado's server-side File Management System | |
| Metadata | Displays a metadata picker control | |
| Percentage | Displays a slider control with values from 0 to 100 | |
| Number | Displays a short text input box with numerical validation | |
| Country | Displays a list of countries | |
| Video | Display a .flv video file and stores the file on the server | |
| Audio | Dislpay an audio control and stores the audio file on the server |
