# Creating an overlay in flash

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-overlay-in-flash/221733
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**Created:** [April 6, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-overlay-in-flash/221733 "2007-04-06T19:51:54Z")
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### Author: ![maninderv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@maninderv](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/maninderv)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-overlay-in-flash/221733/1 "2007-04-06T19:51:54Z")

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Hi,

Can anyone help me understand how we can create an overlay in flash?

I am very new to flash and I want a case where user clicks something in the flash file, I want to check if he is logged in, if he is not then give him a login screen on top of whatever he was viewing in the flash file. Once the login screen is displayed, he should not be able to do anything in the background - only when the login credentials are verified, will he be able to do anything behind this overlay.

I don’t want to go to a different frame, I want to show a screen on top of the current screen being viewed by the user.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,  
Mandy.