# Alert Causes Infinite Loop

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alert-causes-infinite-loop/218523>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 8, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alert-causes-infinite-loop/218523 "2007-03-08T13:21:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![psasser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@psasser](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psasser)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alert-causes-infinite-loop/218523/1 "2007-03-08T13:21:42Z")

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I have this script…

txtPPM.onKillFocus = function(txtPPM)  
{  
import mx.controls.Alert;  
Alert.show(“blah blah”);  
};

When my focus shifts away from the txtPPM textfield I get an infinite loop error. I haven’t been able to find a successful method to fix this. Any suggetions?