Help! text is not defined error :(

Question

Hi,
I'm a student working on a flash actionscript project for school, and I need to learn how to make objects drag and drop. I have no problem getting the shapes to move and all but I cannot figure out how to make the text change when the shape is dropped off of the target and when it is on the target. The tutorial i'm using gave me the code but i keep coming up with this:
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable reply_txt is not defined.
at draganddrop2_fla::MainTimeline/pickUp()
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable reply_txt is not defined.
at draganddrop2_fla::MainTimeline/dropIt()
Right now this is what the code looks like:
square_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
square_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.startDrag(true);
reply_txt.text = "jghcvhvc";
function dropIt(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.stopDrag();
var myTargetName:String = "target" + event.target.name;
var myTarget:DisplayObject = getChildByName(myTargetName);
if (event.target.dropTarget !=null && event.target.dropTarget.parent == myTarget){
  reply_txt.text = "Good Job!";
} else {
  reply_txt.text = "Try Again!";
square_mc.buttonMode = true;
I dont know what I'm doing wrong! Please Help!

Answer 1

Thank you! I swear i thought i put reply_txt as the instance name but i must
not have saved it or something! haha Thank you so much!