# Droptarget intermitent problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/droptarget-intermitent-problem/104727>\
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**Created:** [March 18, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/droptarget-intermitent-problem/104727 "2004-03-18T23:56:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![scally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@scally](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scally)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/droptarget-intermitent-problem/104727/1 "2004-03-18T23:56:14Z")

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Hi,  
I’ve been trying to build a simple? drag & drop quiz & although it works sometimes - sometimes it doesn’t. (I’ve spent today looking a drag n drop tuts including the tut on this site)  
The approach I’ve used seems the same as the mx tuts I’ve seen - button inside mc for drag & movie clip for the target. But it doesnt always work first time - sometimes after the drag & release the result is ‘wrong’ when it should be ‘correct’ After re-dragging the mc away releasing on a wrong target & dragging it back to the correct one & re-releasing it gets the right answer.  
I’ve got several frames with a resistor in each which when clicked shows its resistance in a dynamic text box. then the user drags resistor to one of 6 boxes(Movie clips) & releases & result is stored in answer\* variable. (where \* is a number from 1-8)  
I cant seem to figure out whats wrong. I tried altering sizes of target areas etc but it still only works right sometimes. Can anyone suggest where I screwed up?  
TIA Scally  
This is the script within the dragged mc:  
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {  
\_root.resistance=“1.001M”;  
}  
// when mc is pressed , drag it  
on(press) {  
startDrag(this);  
}  
// when mc is released stop dragging  
on(release) {  
stopDrag();  
// if the right shape , leave it there  
if (this.\_droptarget == “/1percent”) {  
\_root.answer1=“1 megohm correct”;

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									}
		// if wrong target, 
		else{
			_root.answer1 = "1 megohm wrong";
				}
		}
```