Multiple keyPress + tween scripts

Question

I am doing a flashlite project (AS2) for an embedded application and am having trouble figuring something out. I want a single instance of a menu button that I can move with keyboard cursor presses to specific locations on the Y axis. Figuring out that part was easy but I am stumped on adding multiple commands to the same button.
The initial script I am working with is:
on (keyPress "<Down>") {
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
var xPosT:Tween = new Tween(high, "_y", regular.easeOut, -234.8, -186.8, 6, false);
Then I wanted to add something to the effect of:
on (keyPress "<Down>") {
if (y == "-186.8") {
var xPosT:Tween = new Tween(high, "_y", regular.easeOut, -186.8, -135, 6, false);
To tell it that if the button is at -186.8 go to -135.6. So obviously I am having trouble using keyPress "<Down>" twice. What would be the best way to approach this? I would like to have numerous keyPress "<Down>" and keyPress "<Up

Answer 1

You are right your code works fine. This is what I have:
on (keyPress "<Down>") {
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;   
     var finalY = -186.8; // some default value
     if (high._y == -234.8) {
          finalY = -186.8;
     } else if(high._y == -186.8) {
          finalY = -135;
} else if(high.y == -135) {
  finaly = -86.2;
} else if(high.y == -86.2) {
  finaly = -38;
} else if(high.y == -38) {
  finaly = 10;
} else if(high.y == 10) {
  finaly = 58.2;
} else if(high.y == 58.2) {
  finaly = 106.2;
} else if(high.y == 106.2) {
  finaly = 156.2;
} else if(high.y == 156.2) {
  finaly = 206.2;
} else if(high.y == 206.2) {
  finaly = 255.2;
     var xPosT:Tween = new Tween(high, "_y", regular.easeOut, high._y, finalY, 6, false);
I had to put the import commands inside the on handler to make it work. The only problem I am having now is with the line:
var finalY = -186.8; // some default value
In your example you had that set to 0. On the first keyPress <"Down"> the button went directly to 0 on the Y axis. I tried putting the value for the first stop on the Y axis, -186.8 and I am having trouble understanding whats happening. On the first keyPress <"Down"> the button goes to -186.8, the second goes to -135 but the third goes back up to -186.8. If I change the value to something higher like the final stop, 255.2 then on the first keyPress <"Down"> it goes directly to 255.2. I have attached the CS4 fla and swf for you to see.