This is Ridiculous!!!!

[Calculator]

For some reason or another the backspace and the delete keys don't work on the following function. But when I reassign the same function to a different key like the insert key it works perfect.

on (release, keyPress "<Backspace>") {
if (_root.calculator.display != "0") {
disstr = new String(_root.calculator.display);
if (disstr.length == 1) {
_root.calculator.display = "0";
} else {
_root.calculator.display = disstr.substr(0, disstr.length-1);
}
}
}

What is up with these keys.

Thanks

[FPChris]

on (release, keyPress "") {

}

this give me an invalid key as "" is not a legal value.

Try...
on (release, keyPress "< Backspace >")
...or...
on (release, keyPress "< Delete > ")

without the spaces

Chris

[Calculator]

When I copied it actually had "<backspace>" but for some reason that disappeared when I pasted it into my post. so it should have

on (release, keyPress "<backspace>") {

or

on (release, keyPress "<delete>") {

[Calculator]

Freaky Flashkit removes in between if you have "< backspace >" without the spaces. Why is this?

that's how I had it "< backspace >" and or "< delete >" without the spaces

[jerez_z]

you could try using the key codes

ie:

onEnterFrame {
    if(key.isDown(8)) {
        CODE HERE
    }
}

and the key code for delete is 46

[Calculator]

That's exactly how I have overcome it.

But I wanted to know why it happened since in the original .fla that I modified it worked fine and then when I placed it into my .fla something happened to it and it's just the delete and backspace keys that don't work.

All I want to know is why!

Thanks for your help

[Calculator]

Doesn't anybody know why!!!!