Trapping Function keys in Flex

I have been trying to make an application which needs to launch functions on the press of Function keys (F1-F12). However, I have faced a problem when I press F1,F3,F4 keys...these keys launch the default behavior associated with IE (Help,Find,etc.)

I have found a way around to solve this by interpreting the keyboard events in JavaScript and blocking the default behavior. Click here to see an example I have developed using it.

To view the JavaScript code, Right-Click on the IE page to view source.

There are 2 drawbacks to this method
1. You cannot focus on any other window as the application window would try to gain focus all the time.
2. If you have a textbox within the application, you would not be able to type in it, since the focus would be on the IE window rather than being on the swf object.



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