[F8] Help with triggering a response in actionscript

[iHATEsushi]

Hi there, I have uploaded a cheezy example of what I am trying to achieve with this.

What I want to happen is when the player clicks the <spacebar> I want it to trigger a particular movie clip. For instance if the player hits the space bar and its below area 2 then I want the area 1 movie clip to play. If the user hits below area 3 then I want movie clip 2 to play etc...

I created a cheezy animation in each one so that I can see whats going on in each section.

I am not sure how to go about animating this and using code to coincide with it. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[bfuzz]

var keyListener_obj:Object = new Object();
keyListener_obj.onKeyDown = function() {
	switch(Key.getCode())	{
		case Key.SPACE:
			powerbar_mc.stop();
			var frame = powerbar_mc._currentframe;
			trace(frame);
			getArea(frame)
	}
}
Key.addListener(keyListener_obj);
function getArea(frame)	{
	if (0 < frame && frame < 6)	{ 
		trace(1);
		gotoAndStop("area1");
	}
	else if (5 < frame && frame < 11)	{
		trace(2);
		gotoAndStop("area2");
	}
	else if (10 < frame && frame < 16)	{
		trace(3);
		gotoAndStop("area3");
	}
	else if (15 < frame && frame < 21)	{
		trace(4);
		gotoAndStop("area4");
	}
}

I cleaned up a few things in your file, but the above code is what you need.
Good luck!

[iHATEsushi]

Thanks so much for your reply. I like to learn different code and how things are done because it helps me to make sense of the language. Now the fun part of reading about your code so I can understand it.

Thanks so much for your assistance.