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PopUpManager class 601
PopUpManager class
ActionScript Class Name mx.managers.PopUpManager
The PopUpManager class lets you create overlapping windows that can be modal or nonmodal.
(A modal window doesn’t allow interaction with other windows while it’s active.) You use the
methods of this class to create and destroy pop-up windows.
Method summary for the PopUpManager class
The following table lists the methods of the PopUpManager class.
PopUpManager.createPopUp()
Availability
Flash Player 6 (6.0 79.0).
Edition
Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004.
Usage
PopUpManager.createPopUp(parent, class, modal [, initobj, outsideEvents])
Parameters
parent
A reference to a window to pop-up over.
class A reference to the class of object you want to create.
modal A Boolean value indicating whether the window is modal (true) or not (false).
initobj An object containing initialization properties. This parameter is optional.
outsideEvents A Boolean value indicating whether an event is triggered if the user clicks
outside the window (
true) or not (false). This parameter is optional.
Returns
A reference to the window that was created.
Description
Method; if modal, a call to createPopUp() finds the topmost parent window starting with parent
and creates an instance of class. If nonmodal, a call to
createPopUp() creates an instance of the
class as a child of the parent window.
Method Description
PopUpManager.createPopUp() Creates a pop-up window.
PopUpManager.deletePopUp() Deletes a pop-up window created by a call to
PopUpManager.createPopUp().
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