Activate the Escape button

[Zeroanarchy]

I have built a flash presentation that will be used as a splash screen, does anyone know of a way of activating the escape key so if the user presses escape it will exit the presentation.

thanks
Zero Anarchy

 

[coldfused]

it would be something like this:

on (press, keyPress &quot;<Esc>&quot {
fscommand (&quot;quit&quot;
}

unfortunatly you can't use the escape key in flash it registers as invalid key code..you will have to pick another key to execute the &quot;quit&quot; command..something like:

on (press, keyPress &quot;<WHICH_EVER_ONE_YOU_CHOOSE>&quot {
fscommand (&quot;quit&quot;
}

maybe old can find out which keys flash supports for ya and you pick one that works best..i looked but could not find a list..

carlsatterwhite@orlandomediasolutions.com

 

[oldnewbie]

Did come across this problem before! And if I recall well (I could be wrong!), there's a way to activate the escape key.
My question would be... Is this for a local use (and/or through a projector file) or is this for the web?

Regards,

 

[Zeroanarchy]

the flash presentation is being run in conjuction with VB
as follows

Flash Screen.exe
On exit
run access app.mde

as you can see it is a standalone and has othing to do with a web browser.

Hope this explains what it is I am trying to do.

Thanks Zero Anarchy

 

[oldnewbie]

Based on your first post... How am I to guess this is for a standalone?
Anyways, I know nothing about VB scripting! And openly admit it!

All I can say, is that if I use the following in a control movie clip, in a test .swf:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown(27)) {
fscommand (&quot;quit&quot;
}
}

...The .swf closes, on a press of the escape key. A projector file should do the same!

Please note that this doesn't work while testing in the Flash application itself, but works fine when testing the movie on it's own.

Regards,