Want to design a generic custom Message

Question

I want to have a generic mechanism of showing custom messages. I have a common library where I want to keep most of code needed for that.
Common library:
public function customUserMessage(message:String, parent:Sprite):void
var message1:String = "";
if (message.indexOf("%") != -1)
message1 = message.substring(0, message.indexOf("%")) + String.fromCharCode(13);
message = message1 + " " +
message.substring(message.indexOf("%") + 1, message.length);
var alert:Alert = Alert.show(message, "Warning!", Alert.OK|Alert.CANCEL, parent, alertClickHandler, null);       
PopUpManager.centerPopUp(alert);
// Event handler function for displaying the selected Alert button.
public function alertClickHandler(event:CloseEvent):Object
return event.detail;
Implementation:
customUserMessage(userMessage, this);
At this point I would want to catch user's respond. How would I change my code?
Thanks a bunch

Answer 1

Your alertClickHandler has the user's response. What would you like to do with it?
I don't think you should be returning it in the event handler.
You could dispatch a custom event, and pass the event.detail to that custom event, then listen for that custom event somewhere in the app.
Sometimes you may need to add a listener for the custom event on systemManager instead of on, say, the app, as popups are in their own display list.
Helpful links:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=createevents_3.html
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm?event=showdetails&productId=2&postI d=11246
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