Trying to create movable window with a close button

I'm creating a flash-based computer interface, and one of the items is a transparent window with a close button in the upper right.

I create the window as a movieclip, and the button is placed inside the movie clip in the title bar of the window.

The movie clip has this code:

so users can move the window around, and they should be able to click the close button to make the window go away.

The startDrag/stopDrag script works great. I can move the window around everywhere. But the button never triggers any of its states, and it of course doesn't work either.

Is this a level problem? I know I've put buttons in movie clips before and it should work, but the button just sits there, no rollover state or anything.

Using Flash MX.
John
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When you put a button inside a movieclip symbol acting as a button, the buttons inside will not register.

So I can only assume in your case, the actions in your post are put on the movieclip symbol acting as the window, and not on a button or movieclip symbol inside that movieclip symbol. Am I correct?

If so, I recommend creating a button or clip inside the window clip to use as an individual dragging handle. Then assign the actions for dragging to that clip (although you may have to use _parent.startDrag() just so you are targeting the right clip... depends on if you use a button or movieclip symbol though)

This way all your individual buttons can be contained within the window clip and still register.

The problem seems to be that you are treating the entire draggable window as a button, like lostinbetta pointed out. Just use a drag button at the top of the window.

I like to name instances of my move clips (in this case "window") and use something like:

on (press) {
setProperty("_root.window", _visible, "0");
}

Download http://imaginaire.ws/flash/dragwindow.fla and see what I mean.

Also make sure your closing button is used as a button, not a movie clip.

setProperty is Flash 4 syntax, starting with Flash 5 dot syntax was implemented into ActionScript. That would be the up to date method of writing your above code.

Also good strategy using _visible to make the window disappear, many people try using _alpha=0 to make their window disappear, not know that on 16bit color monitors, clips with an _alpha setting of 0 are still slightly visible.

Last but not least... I highly recommend relative addressing using _parent (previous timeline in hiearchy) and this (current timeline) rather than static addressing using _root. Makes the movie more portable.
NOTE: 0 is the same value as false, some people use "_visible = false;" and others use" _visible = 0;", they are the same