PLAY and Stop PLayhead using keyboard events in AS3

Hello,

my problem is very simple. I want my animation to STOP when I press SPACE, and then PLAY when I press SHIFT. This needs to be in AS3. The only catch is that my whole animation is composed of 5 Scenes. Would this be a problem? Also, I'm confused as to where I should add the code. I have it in a class and it still doesnt work. I tried putting it on the 1st frame on Scene 1. Please reply ASAP.

Try this, placing the code in a class should be fine.

Code:

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stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyBoardPress);

function keyBoardPress(event:KeyboardEvent) {
    //Space bar press
    if (event.charCode == 32) {
            stop();
    }
       
    //Shift key press
    if (event.charCode == 16) {
        nextScene();       
    }
}

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