FLASH: I've got problems! No response to Key-Down events

[Mike Kelly]

Hello,

I already sent this message under a different subject name, so sorry if

you're reading it again.


The Flash 5 movie I'm making has a movie clip animation which responds to

key

down events.  When I test it out using Ctrl-Enter, it responds to these

events OK.  However, in an F12 preview (IE5.5) it just sits and stares at me

as I key frantically away.  The same problem occurs in Netscape 4.7.  I'm

playing other Flash 5 movies in both browsers with no problems, so my

plug-in is up-to-date.  Any ideas what might be going on?


Here's a snippet of the relevant code.


onClipEvent (load) {

    direction = 0;

}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

    if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {

        direction = 5;

    }

    setProperty (_root.boystand, _x, _root.boystand._x + direction);

}



Thanks,

Mike




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