It may be too late, but typically Alert's are created on _root. This is also how ComboBox's and other popups in the PopUpManager are created.
If you put 1 movieclip on _root, and put you're entire app in it, you should have no problems. If you creating your own custom movieclips on _root, don't. If you still have to, investigate using PopUpManager instead and using some of DepthManager's constants. Alert.show does return an instance, so if you're brave, you can force it up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Downs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:49 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Alert window layering issue I'm having a problem creating an Alert window instance which renders in a layer depth above all other stage elements. The Alert window consistently renders behind some other programatically instantiated movieClip elements. When creating the Alert, I've tried setting the parent parameter (using Alert.show()) to an element which is a subclass of the UIComponent class which is attached to a movieClip on a layer way on top of all other layers in the movie, but the problem persists. The Alert window is centered within this element fine, but it appears beneath it and other elements. Perhaps at the root of my problem is a misunderstanding of the parent parameter of the Alert.show() method. The documentation refers to this as the "parent window" which "must be a subclass of the UIComponent class" or "the _root timeline." Is the Alert window depth truly inherited from the parent? Is there some method in the UIObject class to change the object instance depth? I'm using Flash 8, ActionScript 2.0. Here's what my Alert instantiation looks like : // test using simple button instance as parent Alert.show("Start?", "Alert", Alert.YES | Alert.NO, _root.alertParent_mc.my_button, _global.myController.myAlertClick); // same depth layering as: Alert.show("Start?", "Alert", Alert.YES | Alert.NO, undefined, _global.myController.myAlertClick); _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
