Ignoring textFields?

programming flash
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This code enables me to drag/drop the MC:


messageBox.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
messageBox.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
				
function closeMess(event:MouseEvent):void {
	removeChild(messageBox);
}
function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
	event.target.startDrag();
}
function dropIt(event:MouseEvent):void {
	event.target.stopDrag();
}

However on this MC there are 2 TextFields. If you click on the text field you obviously can’t drag it because you’re not clicking on the MC directly, is there a way to change this? So that I could even click in the textField area and still be able to drag the MC?