attach movieclip to keypress

[danblukk]

I'm pretty new to action script

I'm trying to create a simple platform game and decided to use movie clips for each move ment.

I created a movie clip for the character jump called jump_mc and want to simply attach it to the UP keypress so it plays and removes everytime i press up on the keyboard. I've scoured the net but can only find movie clips attached to buttons.

can anybody help with some example code?

[flexy]

So each time the user presses the UP arrow key, you want a movieclip to be attached from the library, played, and the removed when complete?

What do you want to happen when the user presses the key repeatedly before the first movieclip has finished playing?

[danblukk]

So each time the user presses the UP arrow key, you want a movieclip to be attached from the library, played, and the removed when complete?

What do you want to happen when the user presses the key repeatedly before the first movieclip has finished playing?

well in mid jump. I would like it not to be able to jump again until it has landed. Pretty much the original super mario on the nes. Not too concerned about the power of the button press though for jumping higher and lower.