Yes, unfortunately I found pretty early on that most V2 components
require _lockroot _and_ that the component be included in both the
loaded SWF and SWF that's loading it.

So I stopped using V2 components. They're pretty rubbish. :-(

Ian

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Hans Wichman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmm,
>
> okay I think I've found the cause. Some time ago I posted an issue about
> using _lockroot.
> I have an application that runs some legacy content, which uses _lockroot
> even from non movieclip classes.
> When this content is loaded, unloaded and loaded again, _lockroot no longer
> works, and the _root it uses default to the main root.
>
> There were no takers on that one either by the way hehe, but it suffices to
> say that using _lockroot/_root is evil and using it from non movieclip
> classes is beyond evil ;) since the _root that _root points to (still
> following this one?) is determined by the swf that loaded the class and not
> by the swf using the class.
>
> argghg i just love flash....
>
> greetz
> JC
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Hans Wichman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> Really no takers?
>> I love these things only I run into :)).
>>
>> oh btw the call was PopUpManager.createPopUp and not Window.createPopup
>>
>>   On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Hans Wichman <
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> I have a project that uses the v2 window.createPopup functionality.
>>> However now and then, the window that is opened has only half a title bar,
>>> no content pane (only a very small rectangle), appears momentarily in the
>>> top left corner of the player, and then is centered to where it should be.
>>> After this no more user input is possible.
>>>
>>> I'm stumped, does this sound familiar to anyone (not about the being
>>> stumped part, but the window weirdness)?
>>>
>>> greetz
>>> JC
>>>
>>
>>
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