Click Area Problem

programming flash
1

I’ve tried searching for an answer to this, but search just presents me with a blank page.

Anyway, i have a MC on the stage created with a class that extends movieclip, the constructor is below


public function editArea() 
        {
            
            var theBorder:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(0, 0, 0x000000, 100, 4, 4);
            filters = [theBorder];
            
            graphics.beginFill(0xffffff);
            graphics.lineTo(427, 0);
            graphics.lineTo(427, 427);
            graphics.lineTo(0, 427);
            graphics.lineTo(0, 0);
            
            var theMask:Sprite = new Sprite();
            
            theMask.graphics.beginFill(0x000000);
            theMask.graphics.lineTo(427, 0);
            theMask.graphics.lineTo(427, 427);
            theMask.graphics.lineTo(0, 427);
            theMask.graphics.lineTo(0, 0);
            
            addChild(theMask);
            mask = theMask;
            
            theInner = new MovieClip(); //declared outside constructor
            addChild(theInner);
            
        }

the problem i’m having is that from about 2/3 of the way across and 2/3 of the way down, it won’t register clicks, i’ve put an event listener in the Main class that just traces the target, and to the right and bottom of the editArea MC it traces nothing at all, this is most frustrating as when i put other objects into the editArea they can’t be clicked in that region either.

hope i’ve been clear, any help would be awesome as it’s driving me nuts