[MX04] Using other Keysboard buttons

[strodgers]

This may be somewhere on FlashKit, but I cannot find it.

Now, if I want to move a _mc, I know I can if I use the preprogrammed Keys like --on (keyPress "<Left>")-- for example, but I want to know how I can use the "A" Key, or some Key instead of their choice of Keys.

In advance

Thank You

[Josiah]

you should use the built in getAscii() and getCode() functions.

Good examples in flash help.

[a_modified_dog]

here's one i use a lot to find Code and Ascii values

paste the code into a new fla and test in the published swf
as Flash reserves certain keys for its own operations

this.createTextField("traceR1",10,100,50,0,0);
this.createTextField("traceR2",20,100,100,0,0);
traceR1.autoSize = traceR2.autoSize = true;

aformat = new TextFormat();
aformat.bold = true; aformat.size = 22; aformat.color = 0x0000FF;
 
myObj = new Object();
myObj.onKeyDown = function() {
a = Key.getCode(); b = Key.getAscii(); c = String.fromCharCode(b);

traceR1.text=traceR2.text="";
traceR1.text="Key pressed: "+c+" -  getAscii: "+b+" - getCode: "+a;

if(a>95 && a<106)traceR2.text= "NumPad - "+c+" - getCode: "+a;
if(a>47 && a<58)traceR2.text= "Number - "+c+" - getCode: "+a;

traceR1.setTextFormat(aformat); traceR2.setTextFormat(aformat);
	};

Key.addListener(myObj);

[strodgers]

TO: A Modified dog-I already know the ascii
TO: Josiah I know about thise two as well, I just don't know how to use them.

Maybe I'm not making myself clear enough, I would like to know how to use tha "A" button to make something move left or right.
How and where would I place the getAscii() and getCode() functions?
I have tried using these two, but nothing. After 4 hours trying to make it work, I turned it off.

I know that Flash reserves certain keys for its own operations, I already wrote that.

[strodgers]

Oh sorry, I just discovered that I had the CODEs---NOT ASCII, that may have been my problem, I was using the codes in place of ascii.

TO: A Modified dog: Never mind. Your program did help me discover this, so....

Thank you- Thank you- Thank you- Thank you- Thank you.

But any advice is still welcome.

[Josiah]

you can use this as a guide...this will trace an output everytime you press D on your keyboard.

var keyListener:Object = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
	if(Key.getCode() == 68){
		trace("you pressed D");
	}
	
};
Key.addListener(keyListener);