Configuring a key to execute a button

[Rick_Cesar]

Hi guys,

i'm pretty sure this is quite simple to do, but i'm very newbie in Flash yet...

I just wanna easy way to add a function integrated in my button script (in the timeline, not inside the button)

e.g.: When i press "right arrow", it'll execute the "btn_next" button ("play();")

at moment, my AS in the timeline is:

stop();

btn_next.onRelease = function(){

          play()

}

btn_recu.onRelease = function(){

          gotoAndStop(1)

};

i'm looking for something like:

stop();

btn_next.onRelease = function(){

    if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {

          play();

    }

}

btn_recu.onRelease = function(){

    if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {

       gotoAndStop(1)

     }

};

This is obviously wrong, just an exemple!

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

If you want the keyboard to have the same functionality as the buttons then you need to create a listener for the keyboard and check the key pressed...

var keyListener:Object = new Object();
Key.addListener(keyListener);

keyListener.onKeyDown = function(){
    trace(Key.getCode());
    if(Key.getCode() == 38) trace("up");
    if(Key.getCode() == 40) trace("down");
    if(Key.getCode() == 37) trace("left");
    if(Key.getCode() == 39) trace("right");
}

Just replace the traces with your action code

[Rick_Cesar]

Thanks Ned, it works...but there's a problem

when i advance to the next frame, and go back to the frame with this keyListener script, it goes cumulative (execute the trace functions twice)

how can i disable it after the first time?

[Ned Murphy]

Try:  delete keyListener.onKeyDown;