Custom text entry shortcut key

I have a text entry field on my page. The user is to click
the ? key. When they do this, I need to validate on key entry NOT
on an ENTER or a TAB. ? is not an available shortcut key. Is there
a way to make this work? I could even do an "any key" sort of
thing, I just can't have them tab or hit enter.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Rather than chase after a custom text entry control, perhaps
it's time to think outside the box?
Are you testing the user's knowledge of a specific text
string that needs to be entered in a particular field? If so, use a
question slide with a picture of the field and/or screen for
reference. The question can be multiple-choice, fill-in-the blank,
whatever.
If you're not testing the user's knowledge, then I assume
you're testing their ability to use a keyboard? If so, ask yourself
whether that's really the goal of your training.
Text entry is an often and necessary evil of the training I
develop, but the actual text to be entered is usually arbitrary
based on the scenario. For this reason, we let Captivate record all
text entry as animations and save "real" text entry boxes for times
when specific text needs to be entered. I cover the first few
animations by saying "to save time, we have entered the text for
you" and then don't even bother with that.
People have commented that the materials seem to go much
quicker when they're not asked to type a bunch of pointless
stuff.

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