problem with key.isDown

[adec]

Hi,

Some people at work asked for an fdisk simulator, so they could run it whilst
they had customers on the phones, so imagine the screenshots from fdisk.

On the first screen you have options 1 - 5. if you select 1 it jumps to the
relevant frame / screenshot, and you are now presented with options 1 - 3,
here you could choose 1 again, and it takes you to the next relevant frame /
screenshot.

On the first page I was using the code :

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown(49)){
_root.gotoAndPlay(8);
}
else if (Key.isDown(50)){
_root.gotoAndPlay(27);
}
else if (Key.isDown(51)){
_root.gotoAndPlay(29);
}
else if (Key.isDown(52)){
_root.gotoAndPlay(6);
}
else if (Key.isDown(53)){
_root.gotoAndPlay(4);
}
}

seemed ok, but Flash seems to be recording multiple keystrokes when you press
1 ... this has the effect of continuing through the movie until it gets to a
frame where there is no option to press 1

If you hit the 1 key v v lightly, then it all works...

any ideas ?

[kglad]

if the movieclip to which that code is attached exists on any of those target
frames you'll have trouble because it is going to detect multiple key presses
unless you press and release rapidly (or, at least, more rapid than the inverse
of your movie's framerate).

[adec]

yeah which is why I am now wondering about using something like Key Up or Release or something similar as oppose to Key.isDown... hopefully that would eliminate it ?

[kglad]

there are a number of ways to remedy the problem. and yes, Key.isUp should work without problem.

[adec]

Key.isUp doesn't exist .... although it would be nice .... the solution was to
change the code to :

onClipEvent (keyUP) {
if (Key.getCode()== 49){
_root.gotoAndPlay(8);
}
else if (Key.getCode()== 50){
_root.gotoAndPlay(27);
}
else if (Key.getCode() == 51){
_root.gotoAndPlay(29);
}
else if (Key.getCode() ==52){
_root.gotoAndPlay(6);
}
else if (Key.getCode()==53){
_root.gotoAndPlay(4);
}
}

thanks for your help

[kglad]

well, that wasn't very nice off mm. a key listener with onKeyUp should also work.