hitTestObject reference

programming flash
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i am having some problems with the scope of AS3 again…
i have a movieclip, that has a linkage, that is based on a class called “Icon”.
in this Icon.as, i have a function that is trying to accessing a movie clip call dropPanel_mc. in this function, there is a statement that tests if the icon has hit the dropPanel_mc. i am using hitTestObject.

however, i don’t seem to be able to get the right object reference into the parameter of hitTestObject.
here’s what i have for the dropHandler method of the Icon class.


private function dropHandler(event.MouseEvent):void {
	this.stopDrag();
	if(this.hitTestObject(getChildByName("dropPanel"))){
		trace("correct");
	}
}

this doesn’t seem to work as it keeps saying that the object isn’t hit when it suppoes to hit.