I am a high school Spanish teacher, and I'm trying to incorporate Cp into my classroom instruction. The problem is that text entry boxes will only accept special characters (vowels with accent marks, the ñ, ¿, and ¡) through use of the old-school ALT+code feature. The battle it would require to get high school students to memorize and use those codes is... prohibitive. The usual solution is to change the computer's default language to Spanish (which is problematic if students forget to switch is back, even if they have the correct access to change the language in the first place) and use a Spanish keyboard (which is simply not available). I'm trying to find a way to create a button that will simply insert the required character into the text entry box when pressed, but apparently there is no 'simply' involved. I'm a complete nube when it comes to JS or AS3, and can't for the life of me figure out how to script such a monster. I can't even get the most simple of scripts to do anything using the 'execute JS' feature on a button.
But somewhere in the back of my mind, I'm thinking that I can't be the first person to come across this problem. Adobe support is no help, and I've got nowhere else to turn...
Help me Obi-wan (if you're out there), you're my only hope.