Selection.setFocus();

Why is this one so hard. There are a couple dozen posts out
there but nothing I have tried works. So here it is.
An input textbox onScreen with an instance name of: myText -
that's it. // no text in the box.
Running the following script in the action layer in frame one
I have:
Selection.setFocus("myText");
Selection.setSelection(0,0);
This needs to run on Flash Player 6 so I am shying away from
getCaretIndex(); and a few other scripts I have seen.
I'll keep digging around, but by the looks of ALL the
questions and postings - this problem has been around for awhile.
Does ANYONE have an actual working input textbox
(test/sample) I can look at? (I am using FlashPro8)

orion.doty,
it's just the line Selection.setFocus("textfieldname") and
the fact that Flash has focus that make the cursor blink. I tried
with publish settings for player 6 & 8, both AS 1 and AS 2,
they all work fine in player 8 on Windows. I don't know if maybe
the Mac player behaves different... In Win it doesn't matter if
it's the plugin or the standalone player.
Try a little testmovie: in frame 1, place a stop() and a
button that has nextFrame() onRelease. In frame 2, place the
textfield, and add Selection.setFocus("textfieldname") to the
frame's actions. If you test the movie, the cursor should blink
when you pressed the button and the movie enters frame 2. It won't
work if you leave out frame 1 with the button, so I guess Flash has
to receive the focus through a click inside it to highlight the
focused selection.
hth,
blemmo

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On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 12:51:09 +0000 (UTC), "fourthleaf"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I have been having two issues with Dreamweaver over the
last week.
>
> First - it freezes after one upload, any time of file.
One goes fine and then
>the next time I try to upload it just gets "caught". The
upload box comes up,
>but never goes anywhere and it's unsuccessful. Seems like
the only way to fix
>it is to shut down and restart. (Which I usually have to
do because all of
>Dreamweaver then freezes.)
>
> Also, the files that I did upload are not showing live.
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>remote server has having been uploaded, but when I try to
view the files
>on-line, they do not appear. I have refreshed, cleared my
cache, everything...
>but the files are not updated or uploaded.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
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<?php
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$email=$_POST['email'];
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$message=$_POST['message'];
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$name='';
$email='';
$subject='';
$message='';
echo "response=passed";
else {
echo "response=invalid";
exit;
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*Pooja*

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David Fostor wrote:
> Is there any way to detect when control-a or control-c
is pressed (that is,
> hold down control key, press A key). The following code
to detect a control-7
> works fine:
>
> function myOnKeyDown() {
> // 55 is key code for 7
> if (Key.isDown(Key.CONTROL) && Key.getCode() ==
55) {
> Selection.setFocus(my_btn);
> my_btn.onPress();
> }
> }
>
> but if you change it to "== 65", it never fires. I've
also found if I collect
> and log all keystrokes with an onKeyDown listener, the
control keys (code 17)
> always register, but the following letter never does.
>
> Help! Thanks!
>
> David
>
>
> p.s. no, I don't think this is a Disable Keyboard
Shortcuts issue. The same
> problem occurs whether I'm in the flash environment or
in a browser.
>
The problem could be that you use THE MOST standard short
cuts which in every application
there is out there, are use for Select All and Copy. Perhaps
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these preferences.
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all the function key to work,
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I am a complete newbie with Flash MX, ActionScript, and
everything in between. So here's my situation.
I want to make it so the user has to type in a password to
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takes him to further into the presentation (i.e. Frame 20).
On my login screen, I have a couple of layers that are
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As you can imagine, it is a headache for anyone who is trying
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gets highlighted and he accidently types over it.
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1. copy the frames of your looping animation.
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4. place your login textfield and ok button on frame 1 of
your main timeline.
5. when ok is pressed (and login) passes some condition
direct your main timeline to frame 20.

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