Help with drag problem

programming flash
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I’m using this piece of code to drag a movie around the stage and ease out on release. It works great except that everytime I press the mouse down, the movie won’t drag until it has first aligned the _xmouse and _ymouse position with the centre of the mc (the mc I’m dragging has large dimensions meaning I get amn annoying movement before it drags). I just want to be able to drag the mc from where ever I click on it.

_root.myMC.ease = 2;
_root.myMC.onPress = function() {
this.drag = true;
}
_root.myMC.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this.drag == true) {
this.targX = _root._xmouse;
this.targY = _root._ymouse;
}
if (this._x != this.targX | this._y != this.targY) {
this._x += (this.targX-this._x)/this.ease;
this._y += (this.targY-this._y)/this.ease;
}
}
_root.myMC.onMouseUp = function() {
this.drag = false;
}

I thought about doing it like this but this does not give me the easing effect I require.

_root.myMC.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag(false);
}
_root.myMC.onRelease = function() {
stopDrag();
}

I’m attaching the file.

Is there anyone out there that can help me?

Thanks.