title: why startDrag() and stopDrag() don't effect the x,y coordinates?
body: <p>when I use startDrag() and stopDrag() to drag an object why doesn't it effect the x,y coordinates of the object?</p>
  
  <p>you can run this example and see for yourself
  (move the circle and look at the trace messages):</p>
  
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  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;fx:Script&gt;
      &lt;![CDATA[
          import mx.events.FlexEvent;
  
          private function mouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void {
              circle.startDrag(false, new Rectangle(0,0 , 400, 400));
          }
  
  
          private function mouseReleased(event:MouseEvent):void {
              circle.stopDrag();
              trace("ended drag X: " + circle.x + ", Y: " + circle.y);
          }
  
  
          protected function application1_creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
          {
              circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDown) 
              circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseReleased);
          }
  
      ]]&gt;
  &lt;/fx:Script&gt;
  
  &lt;fx:Declarations&gt;
      &lt;!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here --&gt;
  &lt;/fx:Declarations&gt;
  
  &lt;s:Rect id="target1" x="0" y="10" width="150" height="150"&gt;
      &lt;s:fill&gt;
          &lt;s:SolidColor color="0xFF0000"/&gt;
      &lt;/s:fill&gt;
  &lt;/s:Rect&gt;
  
  &lt;s:Rect id="target2" x="200" y="10" width="150" height="150"&gt;
      &lt;s:fill&gt;
          &lt;s:SolidColor color="0x00FF00"/&gt;
      &lt;/s:fill&gt;
  &lt;/s:Rect&gt;
  
  &lt;s:Graphic id="circle" x="200" y="200"&gt;
      &lt;s:Ellipse height="100" width="250"&gt;
          &lt;s:stroke&gt;
              &lt;s:SolidColorStroke color="0x000000" weight="2"/&gt;
          &lt;/s:stroke&gt;
          &lt;s:fill&gt;
              &lt;s:RadialGradient&gt;
                  &lt;s:entries&gt;
                      &lt;s:GradientEntry color="0x0056FF" ratio="0.00" alpha="0.5"/&gt;
                      &lt;s:GradientEntry color="0x00CC99" ratio="0.33" alpha="0.5"/&gt;
                      &lt;s:GradientEntry color="0xECEC21" ratio="0.66" alpha="0.5"/&gt;
                  &lt;/s:entries&gt;
              &lt;/s:RadialGradient&gt;
          &lt;/s:fill&gt;
      &lt;/s:Ellipse&gt;
  &lt;/s:Graphic&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
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