flash actionscript: I am using the KeyListener.onKeyDown object to cpature and populate a string.
It does not capture the Backspace, Comma, or Period keys. It will capture them
if you click the text entry cursor in the text field, but I don't have the
option of doing that in my code.

I have attached code directly from the Flash Help File that will show the same
issue I am having. Run the code and press either comma, period, or backspace
and you will see that nothing happens. If you click the cursor in the filed
then it works. Any ideas on how I can get they keys captured without having to
click in the text field? Any assistance is much appreciated.

this.createTextField("status_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 70, 100,
22);
this.createTextField("username_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 100,
100, 22);
this.createTextField("password_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 130,
100, 22);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("submit_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
submit_mc.createTextField("submit_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 160,
100, 22);
submit_mc.submit_txt.autoSize = "center";
submit_mc.submit_txt.text = "Submit";
submit_mc.submit_txt.border = true;
submit_mc.onRelease = checkForm;
username_txt.border = true;
password_txt.border = true;
username_txt.type = "input";
password_txt.type = "input";
password_txt.password = true;
Selection.setFocus("username_txt");
//
function checkForm():Boolean {
if (username_txt.text.length == 0) {
status_txt.text = "fill in username";
Selection.setFocus("username_txt");
return false;
}
if (password_txt.text.length == 0) {
status_txt.text = "fill in password";
Selection.setFocus("password_txt");
return false;
}
status_txt.text = "success!";
Selection.setFocus(null);
return true;
}

JB - this question was just asked and answered here in the past day or so.

Check this thread:

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=288&thre
adid=1113138

It doesn't directly address the backspace key, but it does the comma and
period. To quote:

That will only occur in the Testing environment since the . and , are Keyboard
Shortcuts for Step Forward/Backward One Frame... make sure you go to Control >
Disable Keyboard Shortcuts after going to Control > Test Movie.