I'm not sure how your app is structured but if you can't put your movieclips above this 3rd party movieclip you wont be able to use _droptarget (as you've already discovered) unless you can set that interfering movieclips visibility to false.
I'm not sure how / why you want to check what mc the mouse is over, but you could also just manually set movieclips to set an "over" variable onRollOver / onRollOut or onPress. The reason why I'm suggesting one of these methods is that all other options will be much more complex, processor intensive and time consuming. Unfortunately there is no getMovieClipAt(x,y) method. Your best bet is to think about what core functionality you really need and go with the cheapest solution. So if your goal isn't as broad as knowing EVERY movieclips position / depth maybe you can put a few invisible movieclips over the 3rd party clip that represents the position of the mcs you really care about. -erik -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vishal Kapur Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 5:26 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] determining which object is displayed at agivenpoint Ok, got it. Thanks for the suggestion. I tried this but it doesn't work with the third-party flash movie I am looking at. They have an movie clip with _alpha set to 0 that covers the stage at a depth higher than all other visible elements. As a result _droptarget is always set to that object. What I need is something that takes into account visibility. Any other thoughts on this? -- Vishal On 2/6/07, Mike Mountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What he's saying is that _droptarget will tell you exactly what is at > the top under the users mouse - but in order to use it you have to use > startDrag to fool it in to working. Maybe you could drag an invisible > clip around or something. > > M > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Vishal Kapur > > Sent: 06 February 2007 16:03 > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] determining which object is > > displayed at a givenpoint > > > > I don't understand what you're suggesting. 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