Have you ever wanted to send an open browser, or any other application window, behind all other open application windows from a Flash projector? BOTTOM will do just that. BOTTOM moves any window that contains a specified 'keyword' in the caption to the bottom of the z-order

usage: bottom.exe pattern

If you call BOTTOM without specifying a value for the pattern argument, nothing will happen. If you supply a value for the pattern, any window that contains the pattern in its caption will be moved to the bottom of the z-order. Case is not important but spaces are significant.

This actionScript command fscommand("EXEC", "bottom.exe" + chr(9) + "Flash"); will move any window that contains "Flash" in the caption to the bottom of the z-order.

• If you use the old Flash trick of using tabs in place of spaces, BOTTOM will look for tabs in the caption (exact match) and will probably fail to find the window.



• Flash 5 will allow you use a tab between the application name and the pattern.
  
  
• Flash MX does not allow spaces in the argument to the EXEC actionScript command. This means that the BOTTOM utility can't be called directly from Flash MX.
  
  
• In a batch file the pattern can contain spaces which provides a workaround for Flash 5 limitations and makes it possible to use CENTRE from Flash MX projectors.
  
  
• If you're working with SWF Studio you can use spaces in the pattern argument so you can use BOTTOM to affect other windows. If you want to change the z-order of your own window, use the SWF Studio BOTTOM fscommand instead