Flash as2 question (1 Viewer)

[mamul]

yo,
is it possible to use a keypress function with a button component? not a regular button now but a component?
any help would be appreciated, head is melted on this one.

 

[plug]

hello. how have you tried to do this so far? with a normal function? I think, (haven't used flash in a while) you use an action listener... or is it an event listener? damn brain. I'm pretty sure I was looking into it before, but I don't have flash on this computer. let me look into it...

 

[mamul]

I'd just like to have it so that pressing enter does the same job as clicking the button component. I'm modifying a quiz template.
I've already added an event listener for enter and it traces fine. just not sure what step to take next. should i put some event handler function in with the rest of the component function script?
this is over my head!

 

[plug]

hmm. yeah.. I'm not sure. hard to tell without seeing the code. my flash is pretty rusty as well. maybe if you post the actionscript and we could have a look?

 

[mamul]

here's the script that controls the components.

// SECTION 1: EVENT HANDLING FUNCTIONS
 
// 1-1: Initializes entry text field
function onFBInitText(){

 
var router = _parent.SessionArray[_parent.session];
router.assets_path[router.Assets.UserEntry].text = "";
router.assets_path[router.Assets.UserEntry].enabled = true;


}
 
 
 
 
// 1-2: Handles control button clicks
function onFBButton(){
var router = _parent.SessionArray[_parent.session];
if(!router.buttonFlag || router.buttonFlag == false){
evalFB();
var result = (router.result == "C") ? 2 : 3;
router.setFeedback(result);
}
if(router.result == "C"){
if(!router.scoreFlag || router.scoreFlag == false){
router.sessionStop();
router.submitScore();
router.scoreFlag = true;
router.assets_path[router.Assets.UserEntry].enabled = false;
}
router.setNavigation();
}else if (router.result == "W"){
if(router.numOfTries > 1){
if (!router.resetFlag || router.resetFlag == false){
router.buttonFlag = true;
router.resetFlag = true;
router.assets_path[router.Assets.UserEntry].enabled = false;
router.setComponentLabel(router.Assets.ControlButton, router.buttonLabels[4]);
}
else{
router.numOfTries--;
onFBInitText();
router.setFeedback(0);
router.buttonFlag = false;
router.resetFlag = false;
router.setComponentLabel(router.Assets.ControlButton, router.label_state);
}
}
else{
if(!router.scoreFlag || router.scoreFlag == false){
router.sessionStop();
router.submitScore();
router.scoreFlag = true;
router.assets_path[router.Assets.UserEntry].enabled = false;
}
router.setNavigation();



}
}
}
 
 
// 1-3: Evaluate user input and return the result
function evalFB(){
var router = _parent.SessionArray[_parent.session];
var rNameRef = new Array();
var rValueRef = new Array();
var rCorrectRef = new Array();
var response_results = new Array();
var i=0,j=0,count=0;
// Collect user data from parameter Objects and build Arrays for evaluation
for(var x in router.response){
rNameRef[i] = x;
rValueRef[i] = router.response[x];
i++;
}
// Build an array for the response values
for (var y in router.response_value){
rCorrectRef[j] = router.response_value[y];
j++;
}
 
// Reverse the Arrays to put them in order for evaluation
rNameRef = rNameRef.reverse();
rValueRef = rValueRef.reverse();
rCorrectRef = rCorrectRef.reverse();
// Check the string and remove any semi-colons (debugger)
function checkFormat(string){
var newFormat = string.toString().split(";").toString();
return newFormat;
}
// Check the string and remove any trailing commas or semi-colons
function removeChar (string){
var stringFormat = string.toString();
var len = stringFormat.length;
var i=0;
while (i < len) {
if(stringFormat.substr(len-1,1) == "," || stringFormat.substr(len-1,1) == ";"){
stringFormat = stringFormat.slice(0,len-1)
len = stringFormat.length;
continue;
}
else{
break;
}
}
return stringFormat;
}
// Set the correct response and student response values in the host script
router.correct_response = "{"+checkFormat(removeChar(rValueRef))+"}";
router.student_response = "{"+checkFormat(router.assets_path[router.Assets.UserEntry].text)+"}";
// Check for user entry for matches to Response 1,2,3
for(var n=0; n < rValueRef.length; n++){
if(router.case_sensitive == false){
if (typeof router.response[rNameRef[n]] == "number")
{
var response_temp = router.response[rNameRef[n]];
} else {
var response_temp = router.response[rNameRef[n]].toLowerCase();
}
if (response_temp == router.assets_path[router.Assets.UserEntry].text.toLowerCase()) { 
if (rCorrectRef[n] == true) {
response_results[n] = true;
_level.attachMovie("correctmark", "newClip", 10000,
{_x:575, _y:230});




}

else if (rCorrectRef[n] == false) {
response_results[n] = false;




}

}
else {
response_results[n] = "No Match";



}
} else {
if (router.response[rNameRef[n]] == router.assets_path[router.Assets.UserEntry].text) {
if (rCorrectRef[n] == true) {
response_results[n] = true;

}
else if (rCorrectRef[n] == false) {
response_results[n] = false;



}
}
else{
response_results[n] = "No Match";

}
}
}
// If exact match is "off", then check for a match with any word the user enters
if (router.exact_match == false) {
var getText = router.assets_path[router.Assets.UserEntry].text.split(" ");
var textLen = getText.length;

for (var t=0; t< textLen; t++){
if(getText[t].toLowerCase() == rValueRef[0].toLowerCase() && rValueRef[0] <> ""){
response_results[0] = true;
break;

}
else if(getText[t].toLowerCase() == rValueRef[1].toLowerCase() && rValueRef[1] <> ""){
response_results[1] = true;
break;
}
else if(getText[t].toLowerCase() == rValueRef[2].toLowerCase() && rValueRef[2] <> ""){
response_results[2] = true;
break;
}
}
}
// Take Other Responses into account and calculate the result
if (response_results[0] == "No Match" && response_results[1] == "No Match" && response_results[2] == "No Match") {
if (router.response_value.other_responses == true) {
router.result = "C";
}
else if (router.response_value.other_responses == false) {
router.result = "W";
_level.attachMovie("wrongmark","newClip2",this.getNextHighestDepth(),{_x:575, _y:230});

}
}
else if (response_results[0] == true || response_results[1] == true ||response_results[2] == true) {
router.result = "C";
}
else if (response_results[0] == false || response_results[1] == false || response_results[2] == false) {
router.result = "W";

}
}