adding drag properties?

[Navarone]

I am having trouble adding drag properties to items I load into my Room scrollpane. Additionally, how do I determine what Item I clicked on? I am loading external swf into the Room scrollpane via an XML menu. Ultimately, i would like to add a drag and rotate function, but for now I'll be satisfied just draging the items I add. Everything works except the drag part.

Here is my code, thanks for any help.

var myXML:XML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
libraryList_ar = new Array();
combo_list.dataProvider = libraryList_ar;
myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
 if (success) {
  //trace(this);   
  var libraries = this.firstChild;
  var dValue = this.firstChild.attributes.name;
  //trace(dValue);
  combo_list.textField.label.text = "Library";
  var libCount = libraries.childNodes.length;
  trace(libCount);
  var libItems = libraries.firstChild.childNodes.length;
  //trace(libItems);   
  for (var i = 0; i<libCount; i++) {
   //libraryList_ar[i] = libraries.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
   libraryList_ar[i] = new Object();
   libraryList_ar[i].label = libraries.childNodes[i].attributes.Text;
   libraryList_ar[i].data = libraries.childNodes[i];
   //save reference here
  }
 }
};
myXML.load("itemMenu.xml");
//
loading_txt.autoSize = true;
loading_txt.text = "";
loading_txt._visible = false;
// resize loading images to thumbnail size
var MAX_WIDTH:Number = 50;
var MAX_HEIGHT:Number = 50;
//
var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var mclListener:Object = new Object();
mclListener.onLoadInit = function(mc:MovieClip) {
 loading_txt.text = "Loading...";
 // set variables to keep the original image dimensions
 var xw = mc._width;
 var xh = mc._height;
 //
 // where image width is greater than image height
 if (mc._width>mc._height) {
  mc._width = MAX_WIDTH;
  mc._height = (mc._height*MAX_WIDTH)/xw;
  // center image
  mc._y = (75-mc._height)/2;
 }
 //where image height is greater than image width
 if (mc._height>mc._width) {
  mc._height = MAX_HEIGHT;
  mc._width = (mc._width*MAX_HEIGHT)/xh;
  mc._x = (75-mc._width)/2;
 }
 //
 loading_txt._visible = false;
};
//
_global.count = 0;
//
combo_list.change = function(eventObj) {
 thumbs.invalidate();
 thumbs.refreshPane();
 //
 var selItem:Object = eventObj.target.selectedItem;
 //trace("Item selected was:  "+selItem.label);
 var itemXML:XMLNode = selItem.data;
 //use saved reference to iterate through childNodes
 for (var idx = 0; idx<itemXML.childNodes.length; idx++) {
  trace("Item includes: "+itemXML.childNodes[idx].attributes.Text);
  var t_mc:MovieClip;
  t_mc = thumbs.content.attachMovie("thumb_mc", "thumb"+idx, idx, this.getNextHighestDepth());
  t_mc._x = 5;
  t_mc._y = 5+(idx*80);
  //this loads the swf into the thumbs scrollPane
  _root["mc"+idx] = new MovieClipLoader();
  _root["mc"+idx].addListener(mclListener);
  _root["mc"+idx].loadClip(itemXML.childNodes[idx].attributes.ItemSWF, t_mc.Container_mc);
  //_root["mc"+idx].loadClip("decals/"+ItemSWF+".swf", t_mc.Container_mc);
  //
  t_mc.idx = idx;
  t_mc.piece = itemXML.childNodes[idx].attributes.ItemSWF;
  //      
  t_mc.onRelease = function() {
   //trace(this.now)  
   // this adds the item to the room
   var tmp:MovieClip = room.content.createEmptyMovieClip("myLoader"+count, count+100);
   count++;
   mcl.loadClip("decals/"+this.piece+".swf", tmp);
   tmp._x = 100;
   tmp._y =100;
   room.invalidate();
   //trace("tmp= "+tmp);
   _global.temp_mc = tmp;
  };
 }
};
combo_list.addEventListener("change", combo_list);

// add draging
room.temp_mc.onPress = function() {
 this.startDrag();
};
room.temp_mc.onRelease = function() {
 this.stopDrag();
};

[Navarone]

Well I worked with this all night and still haven't found a way to drag my movieClips once there loaded into the scrollPane, any ideas?

[Navarone]

ok, I got my drag function to work with this code

//
room.content.onPress = function() { 
    this.startDrag();
};
room.content.onRelease = function() {
    stopDrag();
};

but a strange thing is happening. If I drag an item in my room to the corner and then add a new item, both items end up in the original start location overlaping one another and then drag as one object.

What am I doing wrong?

[Navarone]

ok, I mangaged to get the items seperated by adding the temp_mc to the drag properties.

room.content.onPress = function() {
    temp_mc.startDrag();
};
room.content.onRelease = function() {
    temp_mc.stopDrag();
};

now, I can add multiple items, but I can only drag the last item added to the scrollPane, I don't know what I am doing wrong, anybody?

[Navarone]

Hey I must of stumped even the guru's

I can't come up with anything as yet.

[Navarone]

Can anyone help me with this. I just can't get it.