movieclip in conditional statement of if

[mgason]

Hi,
In the code below how can I use the movieclip in the conditional statement?
This is simplified, there is lots more going on but the basic issue is shown.
I want to say if currently dragged mc is dot1_mc do the copyDragTo35 function

var item:MovieClip;

//add event listeners to all dots
kite_mc.dot1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onItemDragStart);
kite_mc.dot2_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onItemDragStart);

function onItemDragStart( e:MouseEvent ):void { 
    item = e.target.parent as MovieClip;
    trace(item.name);//traces dot1_mc
    trace(item.parent.name);//traces kite_mc.dot1_mc
      
    stage.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onItemDragStop );
    stage.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onItemDrag );
    
}

function onItemDrag( e:MouseEvent ):void { 
    
    if(item == dot1_mc){
    copyDragTo35(null);
    }
} 

thanks
Mark

[Ziggwies]

Try this...

var item:MovieClip;

//add event listeners to all dots
kite_mc.dot1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onItemDragStart);
kite_mc.dot2_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onItemDragStart);

function onItemDragStart( e:MouseEvent ):void {
    item = e.target.parent as MovieClip;
    if(item.name == "dot1_mc")  {
        copyDragTo35(null);
    }
    trace(item.name);//traces dot1_mc
    trace(item.parent.name);//traces kite_mc.dot1_mc
      
    stage.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onItemDragStop );
    stage.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onItemDrag );
    
}

[mgason]

Thanks,
that works.
mark