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Lester5E61
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December 23, 2020
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How do I press a key to stop sounds?

  • December 23, 2020
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I'm currently working on a soundboard in Flash CS5 Actionscript 3.0, I am somewhat new to this, so I was wondering if anyone still knows how to set it so I can press the spacebar to stop all of the sounds currently playing. Would help me a lot and I would much appreciate a response. Thanks!

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    Correct answer jeromie_adobe

    You would want to create an event listener on the keypress, and a corresponding callback function to stop the sounds.  

    https://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/dev/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9b90204-7d01.html

     

    But like other folks have pointed out, you'd be far better off building an equivalent in JavaScript unless there's a profoundly compelling reason to use Flash (you're maintaining a legacy application in an enterprise environment, etc).  Animate CC lets you output animation to native web technologies.  I'd highly recommend downloading a trial, and checking out the Animate CC forums.

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    jeromie_adobeCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    December 23, 2020

    You would want to create an event listener on the keypress, and a corresponding callback function to stop the sounds.  

    https://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/dev/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9b90204-7d01.html

     

    But like other folks have pointed out, you'd be far better off building an equivalent in JavaScript unless there's a profoundly compelling reason to use Flash (you're maintaining a legacy application in an enterprise environment, etc).  Animate CC lets you output animation to native web technologies.  I'd highly recommend downloading a trial, and checking out the Animate CC forums.

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    December 23, 2020

    "I'm currently working on a soundboard in Flash CS5 Actionscript 3.0"

    I don't mean to be flippant, Lester5E61, but why bother?

    Flash Player is being permanently discontinued in a couple of weeks.  Without a player, nobody will be able to do anything with your Flash-based app.

    https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html

     

    Suggest you switch from outdated Flash CS5 to modern Animate CC.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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