Controller support in Flash

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Hi,

I wanted to make a small game with AS3 which is played with a xbox controller. I’ve made a little test to see if Flash would get the controller at all. Written like this:


stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyPress)

function onKeyPress(e:KeyboardEvent):void{
    trace(e.keyCode)
}

It didn’t trace anything at all. I went googling this issue and ended up in someones blog. He said that he made a library with C which catches the input of the controller and sends it to Flash. But my question is:

Is there a build in solution for this in Flash? Or what is the best approach for movement and interaction with a xbox controller with Flash?

I already know about the existance of JoyToKey and XPadder, but that’s not what I want. I want to avoid that the user has to map the keys for himself.

Thanks in advance,

Quiggz