# Strange

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange/21077>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 16, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange/21077 "2003-05-16T18:41:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/peace)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange/21077/1 "2003-05-16T18:41:19Z")

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i made a draggable mask in flash MX but when i imported it in flash 5 ,it didn’t work. then i did the same procedure of making a draggable mask in flash 5(the way i made it in flashmx) ,it didn’t work. can anyone tell me why this happens ?

Thankyou,  
Peace.

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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:** [May 16, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange/21077/2 "2003-05-16T18:42:55Z")

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Well I’m not exactly sure how you went about making the draggable mask, but maybe it’s not compatible with flash 5.

Some of Flash MX actionscript syntax isn’t compatible with flash 5.

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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:** [May 16, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange/21077/3 "2003-05-16T20:10:10Z")

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You have to fake a draggable mask in Flash 5.

Here is a tutorial for draggable masks in Flash 5.

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/draggingmask.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/draggingmask.htm)

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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:** [May 17, 2003, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strange/21077/4 "2003-05-17T10:12:46Z")

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Thankyou electrongeek and lostinbeta.

Peace.