event.target problem

[dgsk387]

I've read that you can use the following code so that several different movie clips could use the same function:

function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.startDrag();
}

But that doesn't work for me. It only works if I specify the actual movieclip name such as:

function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
myMovieClip.startDrag();
}

Does anyone know why the first snippet doesn't work? I really want to be able to use that so I don't have to have several dozen functions that do the same thing.

[eelixduppy]

Don't know. How's this coming along?

[chronic]

Try using currentTarget. Some more details would be helpful, like whether there are children of the movie clip?

[dgsk387]

Holy crap, that worked perfectly chronic!

THANK YOU

function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.currentTarget.startDrag();
}

function dropIt(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.currentTarget.stopDrag();
}