Reply to: Catching the Enter/Return Key
>I'm new to the this listserv and new to Director, so please let me know if I
>deviate from your conventions.
>
Always put a subject to your posts
>
>on keyUp
> if the key = RETURN then
> answer = member("input field large").text
> if answer = "C" Then
> go "symbol correct"
> else
> go "symbol incorrect"
> end if
> end if
>end
>
>Typing "C" does not yield the correct response. If I put the same code
>(without the key = RETURN lines) under a button, it works fine. The
>ENTER/RETURN key seems to change the text. Any ideas on how I make this
>work? I don't want to use "contains" because I don't want "Ca" to be
>considered correct.
>
You want to catch the enter key before it get entered into the text box. By the time
'keyUp' is issued this has already occurred.
Try using 'keyDown' and also look at 'stopEvent' and 'pass' to control the message
continuing along the message hierarchy.
Here are the untested changes to your code
on keyDown
if the key = RETURN then
answer = member("input field large").text
if answer = "C" Then
go "symbol correct"
else
go "symbol incorrect"
end if
stopEvent
else
pass
end if
end
johnAq
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