ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

_leveln Global Property

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disable keyboard input outside the dialog box by removing the default key listener for the

application, as shown here:

// Method definition for launching a dialog box from theApp

theApp.displayModalDialog = function () {

// Disable the regular key listener

Key.removeListener(this.defaultKeyListener);

// Enable the temporary modal dialog key listener

Key.addListener(this.modalKeyListener);

// Continue with launching the dialog...

}

See Also

Key.addListener( ), Key.onKeyDown( ), Key.onKeyUp( ); Chapter 10

_leveln Global Property

a document level in the Player

Flash 3

read-only

_level0

_level1

_level2

...

_level

n

Description

Multiple .swf files can be loaded into the Flash Player for simultaneous display. Each

loaded .swf can be placed in a movie clip or on its own “level” in the document level stack.

The

_leveln property stores a reference to the main timeline of a .swf loaded into a docu-

ment level in the Player. Each document level is represented by a numbered property, such

as

_level0, _level1, _level2, and so on. A .swf file on a higher level will obscure lower

levels if they occupy the same portion of the Stage. The original document loaded into any

Flash Player is considered

_level0.

Note that

_leveln is not always synonymous with