The following example shows how you can use the Alert.NONMODAL constant to toggle whether a Flex Alert control is modal or non-modal.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/12/13/creating-nonmodal-alert-dialog-boxes-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        Alert {
            modalTransparencyColor: black;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;

            private function button_click(evt:MouseEvent):void {
                var flags:uint = Alert.OK | Alert.YES;
                if (checkBox.selected) {
                    flags |= Alert.NONMODAL;
                }
                var alert:Alert = Alert.show("Message", "", flags);
                alert.title = alert.toString();
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
                label="Alert.NONMODAL:"
                labelPlacement="left"
                selected="true" />

        <mx:Spacer width="100" />

        <mx:Button label="Launch Alert"
                click="button_click(event);" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

</mx:Application>

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Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.

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