# Same trace, different results?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-trace-different-results/324677>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 2, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-trace-different-results/324677 "2011-09-02T18:51:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sogj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sogj/32/3189_2.png) [@sogj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sogj)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-trace-different-results/324677/1 "2011-09-02T18:51:04Z")

</div>

I have the same trace in two different functions (both events on the same object) but it’s tracing differently.

```auto

public function Letters(): void {
            this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, letterMove);
        }
 
public function letterMove(e:MouseEvent): void {
            trace (e.currentTarget.dropTarget); //traces null
            this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, blankInteraction);
        }

 

public function blankInteraction(e:MouseEvent):void {
            trace (e.currentTarget.dropTarget); //traces correct drop object

}

```

What am I missing?