attach to mouse within specified coordinates

[Azaraelle]

I have created a scratch card and now want to attach a coin to the mouse if the mouse is within certain coordinates and have the coin un-attach itself once the mouse leaves the specified coordinates. How do i do this?

I used startDrag ("coin", true, 56.0, 118.0, 272.0, 330.0); but then the user can't click on anything outside of this block.

Please help!

[BlinkOk]

try this;
1. make sure the coin is in an MC;
2. place the MC on the main stage.
3. right-click on the MC and select actions
4. enter;

onClipEvent(load) {
   leftMargin = 100;
   rightMargin= 300;
   topMargin = 100;
   bottomMargin = 400;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
  if (_parent._xmouse > leftMargin &&
      _parent._xmouse < rightMargin &&
      _parent._ymouse > topMargin &&
      _parent._ymouse < bottomMargin ) {
     _x = _parent._xmouse;
     _y = _parent._ymouse;
  }
}

change the margin values to suite your needs
hope this helps
BlinkOk

[Azaraelle]

The coin is in a movie clip called coin but the script is giving me this error...

Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Layer 10, Frame=1: Line 1: Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances
onClipEvent(load) {

Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Layer 10, Frame=1: Line 7: Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {

Generator is not enabled for this movie. C:\Projects\flash\scratch card\scratch2.swf

also, I expect I will have to specify a startDrag on the movie clip, where does this go in the code and what is the syntax?

[BlinkOk]

3. right-click on the MC and select actions
you need to right-click (not left-click) on the movie on the stage. one of the options from the pop-up menu will be Actions. Select Actions and paste the code there not in a frame. you don't need to use startDrag() the movie's _x/_y will change every time ther is a new frame.
hope this helps

[Azaraelle]

Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou! It works!



I was putting it on a frame.

[BlinkOk]

i think ed_mack and phreax are the real heros but i'll take what i can get. now don't go mad with all that scratching, you'll get a rash!