AS2 → AS3: Open New Browser Window
With the advent of ActionScript 3, there are new ways to do old things. Something as simple as opening up a new browser window in AS2 is a slight bit more complicated in AS3, but when all is said and done, the language makes sense and is very clear.
Let's take a look at opening a new browser window in AS2:
Actionscript:
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getURL("http://www.yahoo.com", "_blank");
And here is the AS3 version:
Actionscript:
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navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.yahoo.com"), "_blank");
The navigateToURL function has replaced getURL and instead of taking a string it now takes a URLRequest. The second parameter is just like the getURL function, the browser window or HTML frame in which to display the document called by the URLRequest.
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Nice but in external class don't forget you need
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.navigateToURL;