Counting variable by keypress

[Elan]

Okay i think i understand, thank you.

MovieClip.onKeyUp = function () {
trace ("You pressed a key");
};

how to i tell flash that i mean the button space?
im not familiar with Key.getCode or Key.getAscii yet.

[Medyman]

It's fairly straightforward. You could either of those methods within the onKeyUp (or onKeyDown) function to determine the key that is pressed.

For example:

var keyListener:Object = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
   trace("You just typed: "+Key.getCode());
};
Key.addListener(keyListener);

Key.getAscii() and Key.getCode() are pretty much the same. The main difference is that Key.getAscii() respects the key's capitalization and Key.getCode() does not.