Flash Site Design - relative path is not working properly

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relative path is not working properly

mballom3

2005-05-21, 11:18 pm

Hi,

I tried a drap and drop code with my movie clip. Everything is okay as long as
i use absolute path to refer to it, but when i change everything to relative
path, test movie, i can't drag.

Any one has an idea what could be going on?

apodkolinska

2005-05-22, 7:21 pm

can you show the code?

mballom3

2005-05-22, 11:23 pm

Hi apo

Here is the code:

this.mymovie_mc.onPress = function() {this.startDrag();
};

this.mymovie_mc.onRelease = function() {this.stopDrag();
};

Doesnt work until i change THIS to _ROOT i.e:

_root.mymovie_mc.onPress = function() {_root.startDrag();
};

_root.mymovie_mc.onRelease = function() {_root.stopDrag()
};
Then i an drag when testing movie.

Jeckyl

2005-05-23, 7:31 am

your 'corrected' code will drag the whole movie .. it is unlikely that that
is what you want to do.
--
Jeckyl

mballom3

2005-05-23, 7:34 pm

Apo,

to your first question it was instance name indeed. For the test you suggested
here is what trace(this) returns: _level0.clip_mc.

clip_mc is the instance name of my clip.

I tried something that worked (tho i dunno why it worked lol): On the first
frame of main timeline,

clip_mc.onPress = function () { this.startDrag();
};
clip_mc.onRelease = function () { this.stopDrag();
};

Seems like i didnt need to enter complete target path like (this.clip_mc =
function) right?

Also i have another question (more theoritical): in previous tutorials i did
when starting flash they taught to insert a button into a movie clip in order
to make drag and drop items. Well here i see that we dont even need to embed a
button, whats the difference betwen both approaches?

Thanks again