Is the help file wrong, or is it me?

Question

Ok, so I am working through the help files, and am working on
"Enhancing the Hello World application", and I keep getting an
error message:
"1119: Access of possibly undefined property keyCode through
a reference with static type flash.events:Event."
Which is apparently having trouble with the following line of
code:
if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.ENTER)
The code is verbatim from the help file. I have checked
through and seen that keyCode does exist. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Reify32207,
> I keep getting an error message:
>
> "1119: Access of possibly undefined property keyCode
through
> a reference with static type flash.events:Event."
What you need, in this case, is an instance of the
KeyboardEvent class.
The Event class, alone, doesn't have a keyCode property, but
KeyboardEvent
(which extends Event) does.
> textIn.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP,
keyPressed);
> function keyPressed(event:Event):void
That second line is the culprit. Should be this:
function keyPressed(event:KeyboardEvent):void
David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."