How to drag MC back out of target MC?

[llyfre]

Hello, I would like to create a drag n drop target like the drawer in the game machinarium.

Basically, in this point+click game a drawer tweens in and out of the stage area from the top when the user hovers over it. Items can be dragged and dropped into it and then taken out and used throughout the game. When the user hovers off the drawer, it closes and the items in it go away with the drawer.

I have the drag and drop, the target, and the tween working, however after I drop an object into the drawer, I'm having troubles re-initiating the drag and drop cycle.

My question is, using the code I'm working with, once I've dropped an mc into the target mc, how can I drag it back out again?

Here's my code:

import com.greensock.*;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;

var drawer:MovieClip

//red_mc is draggable
red_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, beginDrag);
red_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, endDrag);
red_mc.buttonMode = true;

//black_mc is the target drawer
red_mc.targetNode = black_mc;
black_mc.nodeBounds = new Rectangle (black_mc.x, black_mc.y, black_mc.width, black_mc.height);

//script for the drag and also to initiate red_mc to open the drawer
function beginDrag(e:MouseEvent):void{
	drawer = e.currentTarget as MovieClip;
	stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, openDrawer);
	e.target.startDrag();
}

//script for red_mc to open the drawer
function openDrawer(e:MouseEvent):void{
	if(drawer.hitTestObject(drawer.targetNode)){
		   TweenLite.to(black_mc, 1, {x:275.5, y:32.5});
		   stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, openDrawer);}
}

//script for drop with target
function endDrag(e:MouseEvent):void{
	e.target.stopDrag();
	if(red_mc.y>0 && red_mc.y<96){
		black_mc.addChild(red_mc);
		red_mc.x=-225;
		red_mc.y=0;}
	else 
	{red_mc.x= red_mc.x;
	 red_mc.y= red_mc.y;}
}

//script for the mouse to open+close the drawer
hitArea_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, open);
hitArea_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, close);

function open(e:MouseEvent):void{
TweenLite.to(black_mc, 1, {x:275.5, y:32.5});
	removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, open);}

function close(e:MouseEvent):void{
	TweenLite.to(black_mc, 1, {x:275.5, y:-35.5});
	removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, close);}

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Llyfre

[llyfre]

I've come around this a slightly different way in order to simplify things, however I'm still stuck without being able to drag my mc off the target after i've dropped it there. Please send me a little help....

import com.greensock.*;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;

red_mc.redHit_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragRed);
red_mc.redHit_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropRed);
red_mc.redHit_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, openDrawer);

//successful drag drop with target
red_mc.buttonMode = true;
function dragRed(event:MouseEvent):void{
	 red_mc.startDrag();}

function dropRed(event:MouseEvent):void{
		red_mc.stopDrag();
		if (red_mc.hitTestObject(drawer_mc.drawerHit_mc)){
		drawer_mc.addChild(red_mc);
		red_mc.x=-225;
		red_mc.y=0;}
}
//script for dragging mc to open drawer
function openDrawer(e:MouseEvent):void{
		if (red_mc.hitTestObject(hitArea_mc.drawerHit_mc)){
		TweenLite.to(drawer_mc, 1, {x:275.5, y:32.5});
		removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, openDrawer);}
}

//script for the mouse to open the drawer
hitArea_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, open);
hitArea_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, close);

function open(e:MouseEvent):void{
	TweenLite.to(drawer_mc, 1, {x:275.5, y:32.5});
	removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, open);}

function close(e:MouseEvent):void{
	TweenLite.to(drawer_mc, 1, {x:275.5, y:-35.5});
	removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, close);}

[dawsonk]

import com.greensock.*;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;

var item_mc:MovieClip;

red_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, beginDrag);
red_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, endDrag);
red_mc.buttonMode = true;
red_mc.baseX = -225;
red_mc.baseY = 0;
red_mc.targetNode = drawer_mc;

green_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, beginDrag);
green_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, endDrag);
green_mc.buttonMode = true;
green_mc.baseX = -175;
green_mc.baseY = 0;
green_mc.targetNode = drawer_mc;

drawer_mc.nodeBounds = new
Rectangle(drawer_mc.x,drawer_mc.y,drawer_mc.width,drawer_mc.height);
drawer_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, openIt);
drawer_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, closeIt);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, chkDrawer);

function beginDrag(e:MouseEvent):void {
        item_mc = e.currentTarget as MovieClip;
        if (item_mc.parent == drawer_mc) {
                addChild(item_mc);
                item_mc.x = mouseX;
                item_mc.y = mouseY;
        }
        item_mc.startDrag();
}
function chkDrawer(e:MouseEvent):void {
        if (item_mc != null) {
                if (item_mc.hitTestObject(item_mc.targetNode)) {
                        openIt();
                }else{
                        closeIt();
                }
        }
}
function endDrag(e:MouseEvent):void {
        item_mc.stopDrag();
        if (item_mc.hitTestObject(item_mc.targetNode)) {
                drawer_mc.addChild(item_mc);
                item_mc.x = item_mc.baseX;
                item_mc.y = item_mc.baseY;
        } else {
                if (item_mc.parent == drawer_mc) {
                        addChild(item_mc);
                }
                item_mc.x = mouseX;
                item_mc.y = mouseY;
                if (! item_mc.hitTestObject(item_mc.targetNode)) {
                        closeIt();
                }
        }
        item_mc = null;
}
function openIt(e:MouseEvent=null):void {
        TweenLite.to(drawer_mc, 1, {x:275, y:32});
}
function closeIt(e:MouseEvent=null):void {
        TweenLite.to(drawer_mc, 1, {x:275, y:-35});
}

[llyfre]

Thanks for your code, dawsonk. I'm finding that now after the mc's are dragged and dropped into the drawer, I am unable to open the drawer back up, thereby putting me in an equal position to the drawer opening back up but my not being able to take the mc's back out again.

Any thoughts would be appreciated....