[F8] Help with X and Y Co-ords

[Ryu85]

Hi, I'm desperately close to finishing this project, just one problem stands in my way.

I create clips on the fly that are draggable, i want flash to be able to record their new X and Y positions when they are drooped and pass them onto a File.

However in order to put the drag script onto the clips i've created a symbol within a symbol, so effectively
[shirt]
[shirtcontents] - with drag code-
[/shirt]

problem is the drag is setting the x and y co-ords relative to shirtcontents and not shirt (which being a symbol within a symbol is not relative to the stage).

Basically I need a way to add the on(press) { startDrag(); } to shirt via actionscript when i call attachMovie(shirt), or a way to set the x and y position of Shirt through shirtcontents by going up a symbol, so instead of;

this._x = _root._mousex; [this being shirtcontents within shirt, thus its x position is relative to the stage within the container shirt)

i'm setting

_root.shirt._x = _root._mousex


lol its doing my head in please help

[Atarsh]

how about assigning shirtcontents the following script:

this.onPress = function() {
this._parent.startDrag();
} 
this.onRelease = function() {
 stopDrag();
}

this way you press / release the inside, but drag the outside.

[Ryu85]

Thats -exactly- what i needed, wasn't sure how to call the container clip from the contained one, _parent worked a treat.

Thank you sooo much!