I did this which sets it up but now when I move an object it gets all messed up

//CONSTRUCTOR
i  ;
searchWordBox.x=(searchWordBox.width   SEARCHWORDS_SPACING) * int(i % _cols) 15;
searchWordBox.y=(searchWordBox.height   SEARCHWORDS_SPACING) * int(i / _cols) 15;

//Align boxes, onLoop
b.x  = (b.xDest - b.x   int(i % _cols 15)) / 2;
b.y  = (0 - b.y   int(i % _cols   15)) / 2;

could really use the help. Thanks.

public function init(searchwords:Array):void
{
  trace("MainViewBasic init");
  var i:int;
  var j:int;

  container.x = 10;
  container.y = 40;

  //For each searchword
  for each (var word:String in searchwords)
  {
	//How many search words there are
	NUM_SEARCHWORDS  ;

	//Adds the search word
	var searchWordBox:SearchWordBox = new SearchWordBox();
	var searchWordTxt:TextField = new TextField;

	//Adds the text
	searchWordTxt.text = word;  (  i);

	//Sets the text format
	searchWordTxt.setTextFormat( searchWordBox.searchWordTextFormat );

	//Adds searchWordTxt to search word box, this is the text
	searchWordBox.addChild(searchWordTxt);

	//Adds searchWordBox to container
	container.addChild(searchWordBox);

	//Adds container to powerWordsBoxContainer - powerWordsBox
	powerWordsBoxContainer.powerWordsBox.addChild(container);

	//trace(searchWordTxt.textWidth);
	//powerWordsBoxContainer.powerWordsBox.searchWordBox.width = 50;
	trace(container.width);

	_searchWords.push(searchWordBox);
	//searchWordContainer.name = "searchWordContainer"   i;

	searchWordBox.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onStageUp, false, 0, true);
	setupDraggableBox(searchWordBox);

  }
  //Adds objects
  addChild(powerWordsBoxContainer);
  onStageUp();
}

function setupDraggableBox(mc:SearchWordBox):void
{

  // local variable for use with zeno's paradox
  mc.xDest = mc.x;

  mc.buttonMode = true;
  mc.mouseChildren = false;
  mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDown, false, 0, true);
  //_searchWords.push(mc);
}

function onDown(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
  removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onLoop);
  container.addChild(MovieClip(evt.currentTarget));
  evt.currentTarget.startDrag();
}

function onStageUp(evt:MouseEvent = null):void
{

  stopDrag();
  addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onLoop, false, 0, true);

}

function onLoop(evt:Event):void
{

  //sort the boxes array by the x property of each clip
  _searchWords.sortOn("x", Array.NUMERIC);

  //make sure the first box always eases to the same position (10, 40);
  _searchWords[0].x  = (0 - _searchWords[0].x) / 2;
  _searchWords[0].y  = (0 - _searchWords[0].y) / 2;

  //align boxes
  for (var i:int = 1; i <NUM_SEARCHWORDS; i  )
  {
	var b:MovieClip=_searchWords[i];
	var prev:MovieClip=_searchWords[i-1];

	b.xDest=prev.x prev.width;
	b.x  = (b.xDest - b.x) / 2;
	b.y  = (0 - b.y) / 2;
  }

}

thank you

// alignment code
box1.buttonMode =box2.buttonMode =box3.buttonMode = true;

box1.x = 54;
box1.y = 47;

setupRollOver1(box1.mask1);
setupRollOver2(box2.mask2);
setupRollOver3(box3.mask3);

function setupRollOver1(mc:MovieClip):void {
	// add a local variable to each clip for use with Zeno's paradox
	mc.scaleDest1 = 1;
	mc.buttonMode = true;
	mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, onOver1, false, 0, true);
	mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, onOut1, false, 0, true);
	mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onScale1, false, 0, true);
}
function onScale1(evt:Event):void {
	var mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(evt.target);
	mc.scaleY  = (mc.scaleDest1 - mc.scaleY) / 3.5;
}
function onOver1(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	evt.target.scaleDest1 = 3;
}
function onOut1(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	evt.target.scaleDest1 = 1;
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function setupRollOver2(mc:MovieClip):void {
	// add a local variable to each clip for use with Zeno's paradox
	mc.scaleDest2 = 1;
	mc.buttonMode = true;
	mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, onOver2, false, 0, true);
	mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, onOut2, false, 0, true);
	mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onScale2, false, 0, true);
}
function onScale2(evt:Event):void {
	var mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(evt.target);
	mc.scaleY  = (mc.scaleDest2 - mc.scaleY) / 3.5;
}
function onOver2(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	evt.target.scaleDest2 = 6;
}
function onOut2(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	evt.target.scaleDest2 = 1;
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function setupRollOver3(mc:MovieClip):void {
	// add a local variable to each clip for use with Zeno's paradox
	mc.scaleDest3 = 1;
	mc.buttonMode = true;
	mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, onOver3, false, 0, true);
	mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, onOut3, false, 0, true);
	mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onScale3, false, 0, true);
}
function onScale3(evt:Event):void {
	var mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(evt.target);
	mc.scaleY  = (mc.scaleDest3 - mc.scaleY) / 3.5;
}
function onOver3(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	evt.target.scaleDest3 = 6;
}
function onOut3(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	evt.target.scaleDest3 = 1;
}

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onLoop, false, 0, true);
function onLoop(evt:Event):void {
	// position box1 based on box0's x and width properties
	box2.y = (box1.y   box1.mask1.height);
	box2.x = box1.x;

	box3.y = (box2.y   box2.mask2.height);
	box3.x = box2.x;
}

//---------------- no errors but it doesn't work  ----------------------
box1.subMenu.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, menuUp);
function menuUp(e:MouseEvent):void{
	trace("It is not enough room to swing a cat");
}

i run a family/friends fantsy football comp and for years have played with different ways for the player to log in and select a playing team from their available squad and have it emailed to me as a form.

basically my question is can your script be used for someone to rearrange the order then have a submit button so the order chosen could be emailed to me??

i have plently of other info and questions but i suppose it all comes down to whether that main questin is able to be done or if its too hard for the average joe.

I have seen this once but the site is now gone. The user was able to drag short video clips in any order and then play the order of the clips to view the entire. There is a site I found that sort of does this but it uses icons to drag into a grid and then the various clips play in an order determined by what icons the user drags into the grid.

http://portfolio.barbariangroup.com/portfoliojobs/259/index.html

and then select ‘Interactive films.” the scene order of the movie that plays depends on what icons are placed on the grid.

All I really need though is at least the above advance alignment fla to allow for graphics (no resizing or anything needed just the ability to drag and drop to rearrange the order, thanks!

function onDown(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
	removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onLoop);

	var currentTerm:MovieClip = MovieClip(evt.currentTarget);
	currentTerm.parent.addChild(currentTerm);
	currentTerm.startDrag();
}

This seems to fix it as far as the sorting and returning to its parent container’s 0,0 goes. I still don’t know why the code just doesn’t say 0, 0 instead of:

boxes[0].x = (0 - boxes[0].x) / 2;
boxes[0].y = (0 - boxes[0].y) / 2;

Can you explain this?

Also, I am using a TimerEvent.TIMER to prevent the EnterFrame Event from constantly running. It’s just a 5 second buffer that removes the listener from the stage after onLoop finishes, but it seems to help. Now I just have to work on transferring from one group to another. Any insight? Thanks!