Using keyboard to control a player

[Sarah]

rawKeyDown (or up) doesn't report the ASCII code for the key pressed, 
it reports some other code. You have worked out that the code for space 
is 62593. You just need to test for any keys you need to trap so you 
can find their codes.

Cheers,
Sarah
sarahr at genesearch.com.au
http://www.troz.net/Rev/

On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 01:17  pm, Scott Slaugh wrote:

> Here's a problem I've been running into.  I create a new stack, and 
> put on a player with a QuickTime movie.  I then open the card script, 
> and enter this:
> on rawKeyDown key
> if key=32 then
> start player 1
> else
> pass rawKeyDown
> end if
> Problem is, this doesn't start the player when I hit the space bar.  
> However, if I change the 32 to 62593, which is the return key, the 
> script works fine.  Why doesn't space bar work?
>
> Scott Slaugh