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Flash / Flex / ActionScript » Development » KeyboardEvent 
Converting user input to uppercase
 

package {
  import flash.display.*;
  import flash.events.*;
  import flash.text.*;

  public class Main extends Sprite {
    private var inputfield:TextField = new TextField(  );

    public function Main() {
      inputfield.text = "";
      inputfield.width  = 150;
      inputfield.height = 30;
      inputfield.border     = true;
      inputfield.background = true;
      inputfield.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
      addChild(inputfield);

      inputfield.addEventListener(TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT, textInputListener);
    }

    private function textInputListener (e:TextEvent):void {
      e.preventDefault(  );
      inputfield.replaceText(inputfield.caretIndex,
                             inputfield.caretIndex,
                             e.text.toUpperCase(  ));
      var newCaretIndex:int = inputfield.caretIndex +  e.text.length;
      inputfield.setSelection(newCaretIndex, newCaretIndex);
    }
  }
}

        
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6. Retrieving a pressed key's key code through KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN event
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