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[Klaus on-rev]

Hi Simon,

> In flash there was the notion of asking for the name of _parent to get
> the ID or name of the container movieClip.  I have a scenario where I
> would like to poll a button within a group to tell me which group it's
> in.
> 
> The long way would be to get the long name of target, filter it for a
> string, get the first name in quotes to the right of it etc etc.
> 
> But I'm hoping there is something quicker.

try "the owner" of that button!

on mouseDown
   put the owner of the target
end mouseDown


Best

Klaus

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Klaus Major
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