FLASH: Possible Bug - Flash 5 - Authoring Mode Test Movie Only

[McMillan, Bruce]

I wish to report what I believe to be a 'bug' in Flash 5, in Authoring Mode

when doing a 'Test Movie'.

Windows NT 4, PIII 500


Can anyone else reproduce this?


Assigning the <Delete> key does not work when doing a 'Test Movie'.

Possible Bug:

1. Place a movie clip on the Stage and name the movie clip - plane

2. Place a button on the stage

3. Select the button and then the 'Actions' panel.

4. Select 'On Mouse Event' from the Basic Actions group.

5. Deselect the default 'Release' and select 'Key Press'. With the flashing

cursor inside the 'Key Press' box, press the 'Delete' key

6. Set up a tellTarget to the movie clip similar to that shown below.


on (keyPress "<Delete>") {

    tellTarget ("_root.plane") {

        setProperty ("_root.plane", _x, getProperty ("_root.plane", _x ) +

3);

    }

}



7. Then do a 'Test Movie'.


Expected Result:

Movie clip moves to the right.


Actual Result:

No movement.


Substituting keys other than <Delete> work as expected.


Background:

I made an application in Flash 4, assigning a number of keys that worked

fine. I did a conversion to Flash 5, wanting to incorporate a custom cursor.

All key assignments transposed without problem except for recognition of the

'Delete' key as a keypress response (Authoring Mode - Test Movie). This

tricked me, as it wasn't until I tried the swf file that everything was okay

with the <Delete> key assignment.


Regards, Bruce.

> Bruce McMillan


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