# My first question: dragging an object on a custom cursor \[renamed\]

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-question-dragging-an-object-on-a-custom-cursor-renamed/223331
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 21, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-question-dragging-an-object-on-a-custom-cursor-renamed/223331 "2007-04-21T09:57:55Z")
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### Author: ![Carrumbus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Carrumbus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Carrumbus)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-first-question-dragging-an-object-on-a-custom-cursor-renamed/223331/1 "2007-04-21T09:57:55Z")

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Hello!  
my name is carrumbus  
I am a long time reader and first time poster  
and i have a problem

I apologize in advance if this question to too simple and ridiculous for your brilliant minds:crazy:  
It’s very basic action script, but i cant figure out why it’s not working

Basically, i have an empty stage, but for 2 objects  
a custom cursor (using the onclipevent mouse move, cursor hide, startdrag etc)  
and a movie clip of a little man (stick figure for now)

all i want to do is, when i bring the cursor to the man and hold down on him, the cursor will goto frame 2, which will make it appear that the man i sitting on the cursor. at the same time the man symbol will be invisible and draggable. so that when i release the drag, the man will be put down somewhere else.

(effectively the man hitches a ride on the cursor)

but this will just not work the way i like.  
[LIST]  
[_]the cursor goes to frame 2 nomatter where i click:h:  
[_]man man symbol either drags when i’m not clicking on him, or doesnt drag at all:h:  
[_]if i simply click without dragging, the man symbol will move to that point:h:  
[_]and my cat keeps walking on my keyboard! (that has nothing to do with it):drool:[/LIST]i have tried several things like switching the man movieclip to a button  
or other draggin methods, but none have worked yet (i think the problem is dragging 2 things at once(cursor and invisible man instance))

I would really appreciate all help you people can give me through this difficult time  
I am using flash MX  
I have 2 big books on action script that wont listen to me  
and I am just a small boy with big dreams:crazy:

Thanks for tollerating this silly post