thanks a lot dawsonk, it exactly the way i wanted it. have been trying to search but was not able to find anything useful, this is gr8.
i am not an expert in as3, so finding it very difficult to work on something like this, this would be very helpful.

one more question, if you could help me on that aswell.
instead of the solid color can i fill the object with some pattern, like cross/diagonal lines.

once again thanks for the help