For a Flex application, in addition to the Alert, you might try opening
a new browser window with a urlRequest. That might at least give the
user some notification.
-TH
--- In [email protected], Ian Thomas <i...@...> wrote:
>
> If it's an AIR application, you can use the .orderToFront() method of
your
> WindowedApplication.
>
>
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/core/WindowedApplication.htm\
l#orderToFront%28%29
>
> Ian
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:03 PM, nhid nhi...@... wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > How should I go about implementing the following case:
> >
> > There's a timer on my application which will give an alert to the
user 5
> > minutes before the session times out. It's working, but the problem
is
> > since the alert is a popup window, it appears inside the application
and
> > when the application is behind another application (browser, etc) or
is
> > minimized, the user won't see the alert and the applicaiton logs the
user
> > out because no action was taken. How can I bring the application to
the
> > front (to focus) or maximize it so the user will see the alert?
> >
> > Any suggestion is appreciated. Thank you!
> >
> >
>
