GET NAME OF BOX - applescript studio question

I do not want to name each or care about the specific ID for each box so
I am trying to find a method for getting the
name or id of a box based "on clicked theObject"
on clicked theObject
-------this is where i need help
     set currbox to name of box container of theObject as string
     tell window "main"
          tell box currbox
               set x to (the contents of text field "conmeth") & ¬
                    "://" & ¬
                    (the contents of text field "usr") & ¬
                    ":" & ¬
                    (the contents of text field "pazz") & ¬
                    "@" & ¬
                    (the contents of text field "addy") & ¬
                    "/" & ¬
                    (the contents of text field "vol")
          end tell
     end tell
     try
          mount volume x
     end try
end clicked

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In the script, application 'Firefox' gets replaced by 'plugin-container' when compiling the script !!!

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//https://forums.adobe.com/message/2336686#2336686
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