flash actionscript: Is there a command for "always on top"? I am creating a game and as I add elements it is becoming very labourous to change the levels of certain MCs

Hi,

you can use the getNextHighestDepth() method for that. (mx2004)
Look for it in the help.

in Flash 5 you don't have to pick the next available depth, you can set the
depth of your 'top' object to a number you know will be safe. Perhaps you could
say _root.swapDepths("myMovie",1000) knowing nothing will interfere with a
level that high. I've done this with a Pacman game, where I know the characters
have to be on top of the dots, but where I don't always know how many dots
there will be.