drop target

[sebastian]

i am doing the drop target tutorial, and there is a little bit of code i don't get.

on (release) {
this.stopDrag();
if (this._droptarget == "/box") {
_root.box.play();
}

what is the forward slash in front of the word box for? why inside the string?
thanks

[Jesse]

for reasons of backward compatibility (with Flash 4) _droptarget returns the full path to an object in Flash 4 notation, which, (if you see the paths tutorial), involves slashes rather than dots...