Mouse tracking help

[SteelCurtn75]

I have a movieclip on the stage that's acting as a mask with an instance name of 'mask_mc'. It's a 160x600 box.

I would like to have an onEnterFrame function, that tracks the mouse's Y position and sets mask_mc to that position value minus 160 (so the bottom of my mask lines up with the mouse).

I also was wondering if there's a way to track when the mouse has left the stage, and if so, have it automatically set the mask_mc to a given position, [0,-279].

[SteelCurtn75]

I figured out how to get the mc to follow my cursor with this code...

this.onMouseMove = function() { 
this.mask2_mc._y=_root._ymouse-600; 
this.stripe_mc._y=_root._ymouse; 
//trace(_root._ymouse);
updateAfterEvent(); 
};

Now I need to have the mc's snap back to a given spot when the user mouses out. Any help there?

[Nig 13]

You can't check if mouse has left screen in Actionscript 2.0, only in Actionscript 3.0

[angelhdz]

Put an empty movieclip on the bottom layer, and put an on enterFrame with an onRollOut=function(){
//Mouse is out of the movieclip, therefore is out of the stage, DO THIS
}

and onRollOver=function(){
//Mouse is over the movieclip, therefore is inside the stage, DO THIS
}

*I have not tested it, but it sh ould work.