Flex kbd event help

Using the example I found at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS2db454920e96a9e51e63e3d11c0bf64a29-7fdb.html, I modified my Flex app to listen for keyboard shortcuts being pressed. It works but only after the user clicks on a blank spot on the web page. Why? This is for accessibility and if I make my blind users click using a mouse, it defeats the purpose... Is there a fix for this so that the keystrokes are detected without clicking on the page or am I doing something wrong?
Here is my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application
xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="
library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:mx="
library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"creationComplete="init()"
minWidth="
955" minHeight="600">
<fx:Declarations>

</fx:Declarations>
<fx:Script source="BGBasicPlay.as" >
</fx:Script>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.core.FlexGlobals;
protected function init():void {FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN,keysPressed);
// has to set focus then click to work!!!
protected function keysPressed(evt:KeyboardEvent):void {txtKeys.text = evt.keyCode +
"/" + evt.charCode;
var nKeyPressed:int = evt.keyCode;
if (nKeyPressed == 80 && evt.shiftKey == true){
PlaySong2();
else {
if (nKeyPressed == 80 && evt.shiftKey == false){
PlaySong();
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Button x="250" y="105" label="Play Song" id="btnPlay" />
<s:TextInput x="224" y="63" id="txtKeys"/></s:Application>

After wading through over 100 posts, most were either unanswered or had general replies such as yours with no real useful information on how to do this.
The closest answer I found was this:
"This is a known bug of Flash Player/Mozilla browsers - SWF does not receive focus at start-up.
I am not aware about any suitable workaround available. The closest workaround is to place a button and allow user to click on it which will give SWF a focus.PS It works in IE without any problem. Good old MS "
That answer was posted in 2008. It is now 2011 and you would think that this would have a fix by now... especially with all of the pressure for accessibility. IE 8 apparently now has this problem as well.
So, instead of sending me on a wild goose chase, it would really have been more helpful to have received an actual answer from you.

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