This is a pretty Newbish question, but how can I display something over something else, even if it is displayed above the other thing in the .lua file? Thanks!

try the toFront() and toBack() apis...

cheers,

?:)

Hay Thanks!

It only half worked, I have a ball and a line coming out of the ball when you touch it. I do not want that ball to be above that ball. See below

local ball = display.newImage(_G.ballcol)
ball.x = 584
ball.y = 776
localGroup:insert(ball)

local barn = display.newImage("barn.png")
barn.x = 247
barn.y = 509
localGroup:insert(barn)
physics.addBody( barn, "static", physicsData:get("barn"))

physics.addBody (ball, { density=1, friction=.2, bounce=.5})
ball.linearDamping = 1.5
ball.angularDamping = 1.5
ball.isBullet = true

local touchhandler = display.newCircle( 10, 10, 40 )
touchhandler:setFillColor( 255, 255, 255, 0 )
touchhandler.x = ball.x
touchhandler.y = ball.y
localGroup:insert(touchhandler)

target = display.newImage( "target.png" )
target.x = ball.x; target.y = ball.y; target.alpha = 0
localGroup:insert(target)
--[[
local skipbar = display.newRect( 0, 0, 105, 20)
skipbar:setFillColor( 12, 255, 255, 1000)
skipbar.x = 245
skipbar.y = 600
localGroup:insert(skipbar)
physics.addBody (skipbar, "static", {bounce=0.2, density=1.0})

local function skip( event )
if event.phase == "began" then
timer.performWithDelay(1000, function() ball.y = 800 end )

end
end
skipbar:addEventListener( "collision", skip )

--]]

local startRotation = function()
target.rotation = target.rotation + 4
end

local function cueShot( event )
vx, vy = ball:getLinearVelocity()
if vx == 0 and vy == 0 then
local t = touchhandler

local phase = event.phase
if "began" == phase then

display.getCurrentStage():setFocus( t )
t.isFocus = true

target.x = t.x
target.y = t.y

Runtime:addEventListener( "enterFrame", startRotation )

local showTarget = transition.to( target, { alpha=0.4, xScale=0.4, yScale=0.4, time=200 } )
myLine = nil

elseif t.isFocus then
if "moved" == phase then

if ( myLine ) then
myLine.parent:remove( myLine )
end
myLine = display.newLine( t.x,t.y, event.x,event.y )
myLine:setColor( 255, 255, 255, 50 )
myLine.width = 16

elseif "ended" == phase or "cancelled" == phase then
score1.text = score1.text + ("1")
audio.play(gputt)
display.getCurrentStage():setFocus( nil )
t.isFocus = false

local stopRotation = function()
Runtime:removeEventListener( "enterFrame", startRotation )
end

local hideTarget = transition.to( target, { alpha=0, xScale=1.0, yScale=1.0, time=200, onComplete=stopRotation } )

if ( myLine ) then
myLine.parent:remove( myLine )

end

-- Strike the ball!

ball:applyForce( (ball.x - event.x), (ball.y - event.y), ball.x, ball.y )

end
end

return true
end
end

touchhandler:addEventListener( "touch", cueShot )

Some of this code is from the template pool plus

when I put the above thing right below the line it doesn't put the ball above the line, but the ball does go above the barn =(