making a popup window within flash as3

[bkrascal]

Hello Flash people, I suspect this is an extremely easy and simple question from a beginner...

I need to make a pop up window effect within a flash movieclip.

I read another discussion where someone got the following advice...

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1. Dec 14, 2009 3:27 AM in response to: courtispeep

Re: simple pop-up with AS3? ...not using javascript

So you want it in actionscript 3?

There are several ways to do it.

One is to pull it out of the library the second is to place it on stage, set it visible = false via actionscript and set it visible = true when you click the button.

popUp.visible = false;

showBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, ShowPopUP);

function ShowPopUp(e:MouseEvent) {

     popUp.visible = true;

}

popUp.hideBtn.addEventListener(MousEvent.CLICK, HidePopUp);

function HidePopUp(e:MouseEvent) {

     e.currentTarget.parent.visible = false;

}

This should work if you have the popUp placed on stage and you have, inside it, a button with an instance name "hideBtn". Also, of course you should name you popup window "popUp" and the trigger button "showBtn".

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So I tried this and but have the following compiler error...

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable ShowPopUP is not defined.

at default_fla::MainTimeline/default_fla::frame1()

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So I guess the author of this answer assumed the reader knew how to define the variables before inserting this code.

But I do not know how. can someone explain this to me?

Thank you very much in advance..

[Ned Murphy]

The problem may just be related to the following typo since the variable mentioned bythe error is not a variable, but the name of a function... note the spelling difference and fix it

showBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, ShowPopUP);

function ShowPopUp

[bkrascal]

Thank you for your fast reply Ned, Tried the correction you gave and got a new version of the error...

ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable MousEvent is not defined.

at default_fla::MainTimeline/default_fla::frame1()

incredible....

So you were correct,.. but dont know how to proceed now..

Hakan just replied with an interesting solution that I think I can work with So Im going to give it a shot..

But would love to increase my understanding if you know what is still the problem with 'this' code.

I will go check out his solution also and let you know how it goes..

thank you very much!!!

[Ned Murphy]

That's another typo... should be MouseEvent.

[Hakan_KIRIK]

a sample for you:

http://www.flashdersi.com/flash/uygulamalar/popup/popup.rar

[bkrascal]

Hello and thank you for your reply!

Your code looks a bit like the there code.. But it seems to be a bit better. The other code also comes

with a com folder and .as files. And I think your code is all inclusive within the .fla.

I like that!

So going to try it now... I will let you know how it goes..

[bkrascal]

Hi again!

this code worked wonderfully!!!

Terrific  solution, simple and to the point!

thank you incredibly for your quick solution and help!!!

great weekend!