ActionScript 3.0 - How to bring the current target into the movie clip?

Question

How to bring the current target into the movie clip?

If we can set the current target into "selectMovieClip" variable then i believe we should be able to rotate or manipulate it as a MovieClip.

Please copy the script below and you will see what I mean. Currently I can't rotate it.

Please tell me what is wrong with my script. Thank you.

import flash.display.MovieClip;

 /*create multiple MovieClip*/
 for(var i:int = 0; i < 10; i++){
  var widthSquare:int = 100; 
  var heightSquare:int = 100;
  var square:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); 
  square.graphics.lineStyle(1,0x0000CC);
  square.graphics.beginFill(0xCCCCCC);
  square.graphics.drawRect(0,0,widthSquare,heightSquare); 
  square.graphics.endFill();
  square.name = "RotableClip_"+i;
  square.x = 100 + (widthSquare*i); 
  square.y = 400;
  addChild(square);
 }

 //SET MOVIECLIP
 var selectMovieClip;//declare veriable
 function onMousePress(evt:MouseEvent):void{
  if( evt.target.name.indexOf("RotableClip_")==0){//only allow RotableClip_ to rotate
   selectMovieClip=evt;
   trace("Selected movie clip" + evt.target.name);
  }
 }
 stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onMousePress); 


 //Rotate MovieClip
 function MouseMove(evt:Event):void{
    rotateTarget();//recreate the menu 
  }
 stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, MouseMove);
 function onMouseRelease(evt:MouseEvent):void {
  rotateTarget()
 }

 //rotateTarget OR at onMousePress 
 //How do we bring the movie clip into the below and rotate it.
 function rotateTarget(){
  selectMovieClip.rotation += 90;
  trace("Rotate the movie clip");
 }

Answer 1

In onMousePress() , you've assigned selectMovieClip to evt, not to evt.target ! Since selectMovieClip is not typed , Flash won't throw an error. Also,if you'd trace selectMovieClip as opposed to tracing evt.target.name, you would have picked up the error!