# Any key

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-key/62379>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 27, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-key/62379 "2004-08-27T10:04:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skinny\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Skinny\_T](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Skinny_T)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-key/62379/1 "2004-08-27T10:04:05Z")

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Does anyone know how to set up an Any key in flash? Any help is appreciated.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-key/62379/2 "2004-08-27T10:12:58Z")

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Any key?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-key/62379/3 "2004-08-27T10:14:58Z")

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you know “to start press any key”

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-key/62379/4 "2004-08-27T10:44:43Z")

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There is no any key… I see alt… ctrl… theres an “end” but I see no any

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-key/62379/5 "2004-08-27T10:53:52Z")

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I think he means “if any key is pressed”.  
You have to set up a key listener…

myListener = new Object();  
myListener.onKeyDown = function () {  
// any function you might deem necessary here  
trace (“You have pressed a key.”);  
}  
myListener.onKeyUp = function () {  
// any function you might deem necessary here  
trace (“You have released a key.”);  
}  
Key.addListener(myListener);

(btw, this example is taken directly from Flash Help, which is sadly often overlooked)

[edit: mmmmmh, I found the any key… [http://personal.r2-d2.cz/kaminky/0022/any%20key.jpg](http://personal.r2-d2.cz/kaminky/0022/any%20key.jpg) ]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-key/62379/6 "2004-08-30T00:34:07Z")

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yeah I found it in the "view refence before I came back here. But thanks anyway.