User Guide

510 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
MovieClip._droptarget
Availability
Flash Player 4.
Usage
my_mc._droptarget:String
Description
Read-only property; returns the absolute path in slash syntax notation of the movie clip instance
on which
my_mc was dropped. The _droptarget property always returns a path that starts with a
slash (
/). To compare the _droptarget property of an instance to a reference, use the eval()
function to convert the returned value from slash syntax to a dot syntax reference.
Note: You must perform this conversion if you are using ActionScript 2.0, which does not support
slash syntax.
Example
The following example evaluates the _droptarget property of the garbage_mc movie clip
instance and uses
eval() to convert it from slash syntax to a dot syntax reference. The
garbage_mc reference is then compared to the reference to the trashcan_mc movie clip instance.
If the two references are equivalent, the visibility of
garbage_mc is set to false. If they are not
equivalent, the
garbage instance resets to its original position.
origX = garbage_mc._x;
origY = garbage_mc._y;
garbage_mc.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag();
};
garbage_mc.onRelease = function() {
this.stopDrag();
if (eval(this._droptarget) == trashcan_mc) {
this._visible = false;
} else {
this._x = origX;
this._y = origY;
}
};
See also
startDrag(), stopDrag()