Keyboard Buttons Don't React Until SWF Is Clicked

[Petaminx]

I made a simple flash game with a play button at the beginning, but the arrow keys don't move the object until I click on the swf. I put it in an html file and it still wouldn't work. Any help would be appreciated.

[-:)lauri]

The swf object should be "in focus" or "active" before it starts corresponding to the user interactions. If you want to set it active without clicking it first, you probably need to use some kind of an "auto focus script" on html page which you should be able to do with javascript. Perhaps this advice will solve the problem.

[Petaminx]

Is there any way to do this with ActionScript? When I press Ctrl-Enter, this issue still occurs. I just want to avoid that problem when it isn't in html, but the problem occurs whether or not it is in html.