Catching the ESC key within a Flash movie

08-15-2005, 09:31 PM

StealthRT

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Catching the ESC key within a Flash movie

Hey i need to know what the code would be to catch a ESC key in a flash movie. This is the code i have in flash right now that works when testing it in the flash player:

Code:

Selection.addListener(inputListener);
keyListener = new Object();

keyListener.onKeyUp = function () {
    if (Key.getCode() == Key.ENTER) {
        fscommand("EnterTxt", TEXT1);
    } 
	else if (Key.getCode() == Key.ESCAPE) {
		fscommand("EnterTxt", "ESC");
        gotoAndPlay(25);
    }
	else {
    }
}
Key.addListener(keyListener);

Now this is my VB code:

Code:

Public Sub EnterTxt(args As String)
    If args = "test" Then
        FlashVb.flash1.Stop
        FlashVb.flash1.Visible = False
        Exit Sub
    ElseIf args = "ESC" Then
        FlashVb.flash1.Stop
        FlashVb.flash1.Visible = False
        Exit Sub
    Else
        FlashVb.flash1.SetVariable "textfieldX", "Wrong Password"
        FlashVb.flash1.SetVariable "ThisTxt.text", ""
    End If
End Sub

The enter button works and when i type in "test" it stops the flash and clears it like it should.. but it doesnt work with the ESC button, it just sits there. Although it worked just fine in the test in the flash player.

So what am i missing??
David

08-15-2005, 10:25 PM

zelg37

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Quote:

Originally Posted by StealthRT

Hey i need to know what the code would be to catch a ESC key in a flash movie.

Getting VB and Flash to work well together is not always simple..

I suggest you read through a few tutorials on the subject.
There are a few links in this post:
http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/showpost.php?p=1022642

However, just to give one example (method) I saw used once:
The flash programmer made an invisible button and put it on a layer of the main timeline that was present at all the times (to make Escape always available). Then he set the button to keystroke <escape> and use fscommand "quit".

Last edited by zelg37; 08-15-2005 at 10:42 PM.

08-17-2005, 05:47 PM

StealthRT

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Posts: 761

Thanks for your help zelg37, didnt help but thanks anyways.

David