What actionscript enviorment are you programming in? Flash or Flex?
I favor flex and you can use Alert.show("string here");
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Browse All TopicsHow do you display a alert box in ActionScript 3. It use to be so easy any sample code.
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by: ckoningPosted on 2008-10-11 at 10:18:28ID: 22694574
The best way to do that is with the ExternalInterface class. This is availible in both ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3.
1) Write a function in JavaScript to call the alert() function, which actually creates the alert
function notify( str )
{
alert(str);
}
2) Use the ExternalInterface class to call the function
ExternalInterface.call( "notify","Some Message");
Note that the JavaScript function must be defined before the SWF is embedded in the HTML.
For more information, see the help section in Flash or the livedocs website maintained by adobe.