[MX04] Using other Keysboard buttons

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

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

Good examples in flash help.

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

Code:

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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);

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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.

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.

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

Code:

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

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