Stage mouse events

Hi everybody,
i need a simple method to check if the mouse left the
application and when i comes back in.
i tried
private function
creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,
mouseOutHandler);
this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,
mouseOverHandler);
but these events ALSO fire when i move the mouse onto a
button that is added to the stage (without leaving the stage).
another thing is how can i check a drag of a object to the
outside of the swf?
in AS2 there is a event "releaseOutside" that does the job,
is there something similar in Flex2 aswell?
What's this all about? I embedded this flash inside a C++
application and want to do some drag and drop interaction and
communication of flash and c++ via
flash.external.ExternalInterface.
So i must know when something is currently dragged and then
the mouse left the flash.
When i release the mouse outside the flash inside the c++ app
the mouseUp event does not fire of course, thats the other problem.
Hope I made myself clear and someone can help.
Best regards,
Dzihan

Flash 9 plugin does support full screen so that might be one
solution.
There is a Mouse_Leave event in AS3 that can tell you when
the mouse leaves the area of your swf. You would then need to use
externalinterface to communicate with some technology outside of
flash such as javascript or such. I wouldn't know how to do it.
Other than the full screen approach it all seems like a lot
of trouble. Without knowing the exact specifics of what you are
making can't you just have some kind of symbol that indicates the
direction you are going and if they leave the stage area it either
keeps going in the last direction or it returns to center until the
mouse comes back?

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> on (rollOver) {
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> on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
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>
> Not only do I not know how to fix this, the same message
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> every
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> where I
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> I'm having a problem where after selecting something
from a comboBox, the
> mouse events sent to buttons and movieClips (that have
nothing to do with
> the comboBox) no longer work correctly.
>
> After using the comboBox, if you click on a button or
movieClip, without
> moving the mouse, the button or movieClip no longer
receives mouse events
> until the mouse is moved.
>
> This is most noticable with something like a "Next"
button, that is
> clicked
> repeatedly without moving the mouse. The first click
will work, then
> other
> clicks will stop working (as well as rollOver). If you
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> just
> one pixel over, then it works again.
>
> This is easily reproduced in a test fla. Create a button
that traces
> "press" and "release". Put a comboBox on the stage with
a few items and
> be sure to name the comboBox instance.
>
> Has anyone experienced this and has a workaround. The
only workaround I
> have found is to not use comboBox..
>
>
>

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