Question

I like to make a general module in ActionScript to create an interactive tooltip. The tooltip has to resize on mouseover() event and then should contain hyperlinks once resized. Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, its possible. Are you using Flex? or just pure Actionscript? In the case of actionscript:

Add an event listener to rollOver event, and display the tooltip, heres some code:

[in some function, after the comp is added to the stage ]

public function myComp(){
     myComponent.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,createToolTip);
    stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,destroyToolTip);
}

private var toolTip:CustomToolTip;

private function createToolTip(e:MouseEvent):void{
     toolTip = new CustomToolTip();
     stage.addChild(myToolTip);
     myToolTip.x = e.localX;
     myToolTip.y = e.localY;   
}

private function destroyToolTip(e:Event):void{
    stage.removeChild(toolTip);
    toolTip = null;
}

(you might need to refine the tooltip destruction logic, now it gets destroyed, if you click anywhere. For example you could call Event.stopPropagation, if the user click inside the tooltip. )
The custom tooltip class:

package{
class CustomToolTip extends Sprite{
    public function CustomToolTip():void{
        super();
        // put drawing logic, children, text,... here.
    }
}
}