Re: FLASH: On Key Press problem

[John Croteau]

Hi Randy,


> I've made a Flash 4 form that plays a "flying character" movie clip for

> each character on Key Press, but the "." (period) and "," (comma) keys

> don't trigger the On Key Press actions. In fact, the "<" and ">" shift

> characters don't work either. Other shift/special characters and

> non-character keys (like Backspace) work fine.

> Does anybody know what's up with these two keys?

Yep, they work fine --- just not in Test movie.

Also, an On KEY for Enter will not work in Test Movie.

The < > and , . keys are used for next and previous frame in Test Movie.

The Enter key does a Play in Test Movie, but a Shift-Enter will activate

the On Key Enter action in Test Movie.


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