Hello list, My problem is now solved. Thanks to all who responded I really learned a lot about keyboard interaction and different techniques and approaches.
My solution was very simple and something I did not try during my hours of frustration. I simply changed the event from 'on keyDown' to 'on keyUp' and this seemed to solve all the problems I was having with the culprit swf file. I did implement Buzz's suggestion of having an editable text member off stage and it worked to some degree. I had to continually update 'the keyboardFocuseSprite' in a prepareframe event, because the keyboardFocuseSprite statement only applies to a text sprite currently on 'the screen', 'the screen' being the keyword. If it is off the screen 'the keyboardFocusSprite' was being reset back to -1. I still don't know why my particular swf file killed Director's keyboard events, but it would be nice to have a more comprehensive reference from Macromedia on the Director/Flash combination. I'd like to see more on the 'order of precedence' when it comes to using Flash in Director and their events. I'm still learning and appreciate this list and all it does for everyone. Tia, Todd [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
