display a pressed key

[msereno]

hi, I´m still new working with flash. I'm using Flash MX and would like to make a small interactive program for my 2 year old.

He recognizes some letters, and I would like to build a simple movie that displays a letter each time he presses a keyboard letter.

Example: if he presses "A" we would see an big A on screen. I built a simple movie of fade in letter, but don't know how to make that letter change according to the key pressed on the keyboard.

This small program is just the begining of a project of educational programs that I would like to include in my son's web page

http://www.tiagonline.com

so any suggestions are also welcome.

Thank you all for your help
msereno

 

[billwatson]

one way

//add all code to main timeline

Key.addListener(Key);
Key.onKeyDown = function(){
var dwn = String.fromCharCode(this.getAscii());
if (dwn.length) this.broadcastMessage("onKey"+dwn+"Down"
}

//dynamic text box on stage instance name mybox

Key.addListener(this);
this.onKeyADown = function(){
//clear previous entry
mybox.text = "";
mybox.text = "A pressed";
}
this.onKeyBDown = function(){
mybox.text = "";
mybox.text = "B pressed";
}
//and so on


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