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Book:   Essential ActionScript 3.0
Subject:   Great if you're a genius
Date:   2009-05-07 13:35:26
From:   nongenius
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

I already owned Applescript, the Definitive Guide, and decided to get this new version for new and updated commands. There are none! That entire section with alphabetical listing of the commands and their use is entirely missing.
OK. Now I am trying to open a second browser window from the first one which probably uses the getURL command. Guess what? There is NO listing for getURL in the new version, even though it's there in the older one.
I have been using Flash daily since 1999. I find virtually everything I want to do other than plain vanilla things to be incredibly tedious. Flash has got to change, and we need a better book to explain it.

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