Keyboard events

[dwsimms]

When I am writing AS3 for a keyboard event, do I have to use "stage.addEventListener" or can I use "InstanceName.addEventListener"?

My problem is, I have a drop down menu which is used at different points on the timeline. I converted all of the drop down menus into separate movie files, and not just separate instances of the same movie file. Inside the movie files, I have written actionscript for keyboard events. However, I keep getting the error message "Duplicate Function." They are separate movies! Shouldn't Flash be able to tell the difference between them?

[nunomira]

hi,

You should add the event listener to the stage.

If you're receiving that error that's because you have a function defined in the same scope, at least twice.
Having functions with the same name on different timelines isn't a problem.