# Help with Movie Clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 27, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426 "2004-08-27T17:53:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Reeves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@Dave\_Reeves](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dave_Reeves)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426/1 "2004-08-27T17:53:25Z")

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I want to make a draggable movie clip with an input text box in it. It’s going to be a “Make your own comic” game, where you can type in the speach bubbles what you want the characters to say. I can’t seem to get it to work right, help?!

Dave

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426/2 "2004-08-27T22:17:07Z")

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how asre we supposed to help you?  
you havent given us any substance, just the very basic BASIC gist of what your trying to achieve! :h:  
try explaining how far youve got, what problems your having, why tou think it may not be working and perhaps posting an fla…

u cant just post sumthing like that and hope some1 does it all for u…  
to coin a really corny phrase, _help us to help you_…

Prophet.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426/3 "2004-08-27T22:54:18Z")

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Lol, Prophet is right more information would be helpful… with that said, here’s my crappy (and I do mean crappy) example:

I threw this together in about 30 seconds and I think it shows 😛  
The only thing that I was trying to get you to see is the startDrag and stopDrag actions…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426/4 "2004-08-27T23:01:20Z")

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Another alternative . . .

Check out this tutorial on kirupa:  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/swapdepth.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/swapdepth.htm)

And just put an input text box inside the movie clip.

:hr:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426/5 "2004-08-28T00:17:05Z")

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Yeah, I should have described it better, or put up a .fla. Either way, Thanks Wizard, you solved my problems!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426/6 "2004-08-28T00:33:16Z")

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You’re welcome. :}

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426/7 "2004-08-28T02:05:30Z")

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wow, wizard, pretty darn good with solving that without knowing at all what he wanted… im impressed

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-movie-clip/62426/8 "2004-08-28T05:18:08Z")

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> [@jonesin](#):
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> wow, wizard, pretty darn good with solving that without knowing at all what he wanted… im impressed

What can I say, I’m just that dam\* good :lol:, oh and you forgot to put the “sarcasm” tags on your post. 😉