[F8] Keypress simulation inquiry

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There is a way to “simulate” a key press by calling the broadcastMessage of Key through a “hack” of sorts:


Key["broadcastMessage"]("onKeyUp");

However, I cannot find a way to stuff the code I want to simulate into the Key object. Has anyone run across a “private” variable that I can create a wrapper and populate with the codes I want to simulate?

The reason for this is pretty simple. I want to create a row of fake function keys that the user can press. Instead of linking those for this specific project, I want to be able to re-use the keys in multiple projects and classes that listen to the Key object.

I can pass a code as a parameter by extending the function call above like so:


Key["broadcastMessage"]("onKeyUp", 112); //f1



Key.addListener(this);
private function onKeyUp(keycode:Number) {
   if (keycode) {
      // use code passed by "fake press"
   } else {
      // use Key.getCode();
   }
}

What I’m trying to do is stuff the Key class with a code of my choosing instead of checking the existence of “keycode”