Simple drag and drop

[psych66]

Hi,

I am using Flash CS5.

I am creating an intro to a site where the user drags an animated coin over to an old 1900s style movie viewing machine, which allows the user to enter the rest of the site.

COIN:
it consists of a MC with a label called 'red'. Within is a button that has this script on it:

on(press){
startDrag(this);

}


on(release){
stopDrag();
if (_root.yellow._droptarget == "/computer") {
_root.gotoandStop("red");
}

}


On the main timeline there is an invisible MC with the label 'computer'.

When I drag the coin and drop it, it should go to the frame labeled 'red'. But it just stays at the current frame.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. I apologize for not attaching the file but the coin animation on the button is too large a file.

[whispers]

1.) do NOT use object code (meaning stop putting/pasting code directly on movieclips, buttons..etc put ALL CODE in the timeline in the frame(s) where your objects are.

2.) make sure you give EVERYTHING an instance name

so you have you first frame.. (stop(); action)..

with your coin movieClip (call it coin_mc)

and your dropTarget clip.. (it is called 'yellow'?)

and do not use _droptarget..but instead use hitTest()..


code:

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

coin_mc.onRelease = function(){
stopDrag();
if(this.hitTest(_root.yellow){
_root.gotoAndStop("red");
}
}

[fademusic]

Here is some classic drag and drop code that should help you.
Looks like you were missing some parenthesis and you should maybe get rid of that forward slash before the instance name of computer...

on (press) {
    //Start Dragging Movieclip Behavior
    startDrag(this);
    //End Behavior
}


on (release) {
    //Stop Dragging Movieclip Behavior
    stopDrag();
    //End Behavior
    if (eval(this._droptarget) == _root.computer) {
        _root.gotoAndStop("red");
    }
}

PS - keep in mind that this code (with the _root. part) is trying to send the main timeline to a frame label of "red" (not a frame label within a movie clip). If you want to affect the timeline of a movie clip (like coin_mc), you would add that like this:
_root.coin_mc.gotoAndStop("red");