Drag and drop to target

Hey. A couple of weeks ago Kglad from the forums created some code for me for a drag and drop function. It works great. Unfortunatly im having to extend to more draggable objects. So they will be within another movie clip so i can have them scrolling. After making the scroll, the draggable objects dont register on the droptarget as they are within another movie clip. Below is i think the part of the code that needs to be changed so the draggable objects know where to find the drop target.
Hope that makes sense.
Could anybody help?
Thanks
this.stopDrag();
if(eval(this._droptarget)==droptargetMC){

droptargetMC
probably needs to be changed. you could take a long-shot and try:
_parent.droptargetMC
but you'll probably need to see the code that defined droptargetMC and explain where it's defined relative to the location of the stopDrag() code.

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Drag and drop to target simple errors, expecting identifier?

im creating a drag and drop. moving a guitarest name to a target e.g draging a movieclip called slash to a dynamic text box called box_slash this is my code and i get 2 stupid errors but have been up all night and cant figure it out!
flash cs5 actionscript 3, is this code for actionscript3 i found the base for it here: http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Flash_drag_and_drop_tutorial any help would be incredible as it for an assignment and im new to flash
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clapton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);
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the errors are: i have highlighted the lines
Scene 1, Layer 'Actions', Frame 1, Line 39
1084: Syntax error: expecting rightparen before leftbrace.
Scene 1, Layer 'Actions', Frame 1, Line 38
1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before rightparen.

Thankyou very much that does get rid of that error now i get
Scene 1, Layer 'Actions', Frame 1, Line 42
1120: Access of undefined property textField.
Scene 1, Layer 'Actions', Frame 1, Line 51
1120: Access of undefined property textField.
Scene 1, Layer 'Actions', Frame 1, Line 56
1120: Access of undefined property textField.
now im sure this is simple but im as im sure you have figured out im a complete noob to flash
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Drag and Drop | Text | Submit | PLEASE HELP

Hi. I really need help. THANK YOU in advance.
I am building a voting contact from in flash profession with AS3. The functionality will allow users to drag and drop choices OR add their own allow them to submit their TOP 5 choices.
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It can be fairly involved once you realize how many aspects need to be dealt with. You'll need to find a tutorial that teaches you how to use drag and drop involving targets so that when you drop something you check if it hit a valid target (textfield in your case) and then process your text into that target. You should try searching Google using terms like "AS3 drag drop tutorial" and "AS3 dropTarget tutorial"   Here's a link from the latter of the two that has links to tutorials that might help.
http://forums.adobe.com/post!reply.jspa?message=3462293

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Hello all, i'm a new member here, and i just installed Adobe Flash Professional CS6 on my computer. I want to make a simple quiz with drag and drop feature in it. I want to drag Square A (Square_1) from the first position marked with "STAR" into the white square (Target_1), i've already made the script, but everytime i drop the square A on the white square (Target_1), it won't fit exactly on the white square (Target_1). I use this script to make drag and drop with target working :
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9 dragable items on the stage
5 targets, numbers 1 - 5, where the items can be placed
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DragDrop.as
package
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
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DragGame.as
package
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import DragDrop;
import BL;
import BR;
import BM;
import TL;
import TR;
import TM;
import BC;
import TC;
import BA;
public class DragGame extends MovieClip
private var bl:BL;
private var br:BR;
private var bm:BM;
private var tl:TL;
private var tr:TR;
private var tm:TM;
private var bc:BC;
private var tc:TC;
private var ba:BA;
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private var _currentPieces:Number;
private var _submit:Number;
private var _reveal:Number;
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   _totalPieces = 5;
   _currentPieces = 0;
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   _submit = 6;
   _reveal = 1;
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   piece._origY = 87.1;
private function piecePosition2(piece:*):void
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private function piecePosition3(piece:*):void
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var y:Number=event.currentTarget.dropTarget._origY;
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I was trying out all the options for a drag and drop interaction in Captivate 8 and selected one of the default sounds for a target. I want to change it back to "no sound", but the selection never sticks. Is there something I'm missing or is this a "feature"?

When you go to the “Format” tab of the drag and drop properties, there is an option called “audio” (right below the “depth” option).
It has default sounds you can pick (sound1, sound2, sound3, and incorrect sound). Or you can browse to an audio file. If I select one of the default sounds, and then decide not to use any sound, it will not change to the “none” option. I have to delete the drag and drop interaction and start over.
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Drag and drop Images into Multiple Targets

Hello,
I want to alter the NI example "Drag and Drop - Multiple Data Types to Start Drag" to use multiple image Targets. The current VI only allows for dropping image into a single Target. I want to duplicate the target window a few times, in order to drop different images into each different Target. I can't seem to figure out how the VI recognizes and differentiates the Targets.
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Labview 2009 SP1

Hello,
Please see attached... That's a simple way to perform what you need : each target is handled in the same event case (the target is differentiated by using control refnum).
Hope this helps,
J.
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Drag and drop to multiple targets

Hi
Im trying to create a simple drag and drop app where you can drap a movieclip into multiple areas.
This is the code i have so far (taken from a tutorial i found) thats works perfectly for 1 target but not for multiples. I initially tried giving the targets the same instance name but that didnt work.
stop();
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var startY:Number;
square_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
square_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
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square_mc.gotoAndStop (2);
event.target.startDrag(true);
event.target.parent.addChild(event.target);
startX = event.target.x;
startY = event.target.y;
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event.target.stopDrag();
var myTargetName:String = "target" + event.target.name;
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if (event.target.dropTarget != null && event.target.dropTarget.parent == myTarget){
reply_txt.text = "you have 5 days left";
event.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
event.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
event.target.buttonMode = false;
event.target.x = myTarget.x;
event.target.y = myTarget.y;
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square_mc.gotoAndStop (1);
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event.target.y = startY;
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Many thanks
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Here you go, I changed a couple things. First, I made the "decision" that all your drop targets would be named 'target'.
stop();
var startX:Number;
var startY:Number;
square_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
square_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
square_mc.buttonMode = true;
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-Ted

Drag and Drop 2 objects 1 target

I am fairly new to Flash and trying to create a drag and drop. I have been following the tutorial here (http://monkeyflash.com/tutorials/flash-drag-and-drop/). One change I made to this tutorial was to have the object disappear when it is dropped on the target. Following these directions I was able to successfully build a drag and drop with one object to one target. My question is what if I want to have multiple objects go to the same target? For example in the tutorial what if I added a second square object and wanted both to go to the one square target.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

As long as the target is still accessible as a target you can drag as many objects to as you want (one at a time). To help do that, when you drop an object on the target and make it disappear, you either need to make that dropped object go away ( removeChild(dropped) ) so that it is not blocking the way or move the target above the dropped object ( addChild(target) ).

Drag and Drop Interaction with 50+ Drop Targets

Hello,
I'm fairly new to Captivate 7 but very familiar with Flash. I'm tasked with a project that I would like to do with the drag and drop interaction widget from Captivate 7. Basically, we need our learners to identify the locations of our resorts on a map. Select the name of the resort, drag and drop it in the city/state or country where located. My question is can Captivate handle this task? To me, it seems as a large task for Captivate to handle, and so I was thinking of coding it in Flash.
Here is what I need:
1.- List of all the properties at bottom with the drop target being a map of the US or world and have the location for each property as the drop target.
2.- When the resort/property is selected, the name will change to the three letter code. Example: New York City, when clicked = NYC and the map itself to reflect the 3 letter code once dropped on the map if correct.
3. If incorrect, the listed item will revert to the long name and return to the list.
4. If this can be graded, it would be best.
I can break the project into different regions but if I wanted to keep all 300+ properties in one module, will it be an issue? At the very least, I would need to do a minimum of about 50 per module.
Thanks all! I've found this forum to be extremely helpful and the members seem to be eager to help.

var matchingTargetName:String =(event.target.name).substring(0, 1);
Change the name of the target to A and B and the mc A1, A2, A3, A4... and B1, B2,B3...

My drag images disappear when they are dropped on a correct drop target during the drag and drop interaction.

What am I missing. The opacity is at 100%. The drop target is a highlighted box from objects. I am using Captivate 8.

Hi there,
You might want to make sure your Depth setting is not set to Back instead of Front on your drop target(s).
The Depth setting is accessed via the Drag and Drop window/panel under Format setting while you have your drop target selected.
If your Depth setting is set to Back, especially if your opacity is set to 100% on your highlight box/drop target, your drag image would go behind your drop target giving the effect of disappearing behind your highlight box - especially if the drop target is larger than the drag image.

1 Success Caption for Multiple Targets in a Drag and Drop Interaction

I see how I can add success captions to each target in a drag and drop interaction, but can you apply only 1 success caption multiple targets?

The boundaries of smartshapes were overlapping with each other. For example, the smartshape on 1st line was overlapping with the one on 2nd line. Due to this, every time you place the text caption "Investment" on the smartshape on 2nd line, it automatically moved to the smartshape on 1st line. As a result, you could never get the answer right, and hence you never saw the Success Caption.
Solution: Move the smartshapes away from each other (or resize them), and ensure that there are no overlaps.
2, The number of attempts for this interaction was set to Infinite. So, you have to play this until you get it right, but you could not get it right because of the reasons mention above. That is why you never saw the Failure Caption.
Solution: Clear the Infinite check box in the Action accordion and specify the required number of attempts. You will get the Failure Caption if you don't get it right in those attempts.
I just tested these solutions and they worked fine. Let me know if you still face any issues.

Flash drag and drop not finding targets in Captivate

I created a drag and drop game in Flash CS4 using Actionscript 2 which allows you to pull clothing onto a stick figure. If you get the clothes in the right place, over the target, then they stick, if not they return to their original position. It works fine but when I open it in Captivate 4 the targets no longer hold the objects. No matter where you place the clothes icons they will return to their original position.
I have captivate set up for the correct Actionscript and the fps in captivate and the swf are the same. I've included the code I wrote below. Please help if you have any answers as to why this is happening.
shirt_mc.onPress=function(){
startDrag(this);
shirt_mc.onRelease=shirt_mc.onReleaseOutside=function(){
stopDrag();
if (this._droptarget == "/targetShirt") {
this.onTarget=true;
_root.targetShirt.gotoAndStop(2);
}else{
this.onTarget=false;
_root.targetShirt.gotoAndStop(1)
shirt_mc.myHomeX=shirt_mc._x;
shirt_mc.myHomeY=shirt_mc._y;
shirt_mc.onMouseDown=function(){
//this variable tells us if the mouse is up or down
mousePressed=true;
shirt_mc.onMouseUp=function(){
mousePressed=false;
shirt_mc.onEnterFrame=function(){
//all these actions basically just say "if the mouse is up (in other words - the clip is not being dragged)
// then move the MC back to its original starting point (with a smooth motion)
if(mousePressed==false&&this.onTarget==false){
this._x-=(this._x-this.myHomeX)/5;
this._y-=(this._y-this.myHomeY)/5;
pants_mc.onPress=function(){
startDrag(this);
pants_mc.onRelease=pants_mc.onReleaseOutside=function(){
stopDrag();
if (this._droptarget == "/targetPants") {
this.onTarget=true;
_root.targetPants.gotoAndStop(2);
}else{
this.onTarget=false;
_root.targetPants.gotoAndStop(1)
pants_mc.myHomeX=pants_mc._x;
pants_mc.myHomeY=pants_mc._y;
pants_mc.onMouseDown=function(){
//this variable tells us if the mouse is up or down
mousePressed=true;
pants_mc.onMouseUp=function(){
mousePressed=false;
pants_mc.onEnterFrame=function(){
//all these actions basically just say "if the mouse is up (in other words - the clip is not being dragged)
// then move the MC back to its original starting point (with a smooth motion)
if(mousePressed==false&&this.onTarget==false){
this._x-=(this._x-this.myHomeX)/5;
this._y-=(this._y-this.myHomeY)/5;

Hi all,
Thanks for the informative replies. My main issue seems to be when adding animations. For example (I have included one below
). I add this animation to my project and it runs perfectly. I then add another, very similar animation, and the sound dissapears completely in the previous one! I remove the one added, preview the project again and the first animation works again!
The only access I make to Root is through the successful click on the otherTARGET, that tells captivate to move to the next slide. Could this be the root (exuse the pun) of my problems?
Any help appreciated!
stop();
var target:Array=new Array(likelyTARGET,otherTARGET,other1TARGET);
addListners();
var more:Sound = new consequencefocuspeople();
var less:Sound = new consequencemoreserious();
function addListners(){
for (var i in target) {
target[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void
var item:String = event.target.name;
switch(item)
case "otherTARGET":
     var mainmov:MovieClip = MovieClip(root);
      mainmov.rdcmndNextSlide = 1;
break;
case "other1TARGET":
removeAllEventListner()
var soundChannel:SoundChannel = more.play();
soundChannel.addEventListener(Event.SOUND_COMPLETE, soundComplete);
break;
case "likelyTARGET":
removeAllEventListner()
var soundChannel2:SoundChannel = less.play();
soundChannel2.addEventListener(Event.SOUND_COMPLETE, soundComplete);
break;
function soundComplete(event:Event):void {
addListners()
function removeAllEventListner()
for (var i in target)
target[i].removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
thanks,
tristan

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