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ActionScript 2.0 Components Language Reference > PopUpManager class > PopUpManager.createPopUp()

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 object that was created.

If the class parameter is Window and a window component is in the library, the returned reference is a Window.

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.

Example

The following code creates a modal window when the button is clicked:

lo = new Object();
lo.click = function(){
    mx.managers.PopUpManager.createPopUp(_root, mx.containers.Window, true);
}
button.addEventListener("click", lo);

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