Flash´ keyDown in Director

Hi
I've been working on a project in flash where I have used
keyDown commands. It works fine in actionscript. The problem is
that I would like to import it into director. But my keyDowns
doesn´t work in director. If I made buttons in flash it works
in director. But keyDown doesn´t work. Do anyone know why it
doesn´t work? I hope someone can help me.
Thank you.
mamo

Do this:
In your Flash movie, create a dynamic text space, place it
off the
visible area of the stage. Set the variable name to
"showText".
Add this code to your actionscript function:
keylistener.onKeyDown = function() {
showText = Key.getCode();
Then re-import the new .swf into Director.
I don't know why, but it seems that Director wants some sort
of text
action associated with keys. In any case, this will make it
work.
Rob
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