ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
by Colin Moock

The following errata were *corrected* in the 12/04 reprint:


Here's a key to the markup:
        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem



{122}  Table 5-2, in the Equality of Number;
+Infinity = -Infinity // false

NOW READS:
+Infinity == -Infinity



[207]  example 9-12;
If (this._x != leaderX && this_y != leaderY) {

NOW READS:
If (this._x != leaderX || this_y != leaderY) {



page 348 IN PRINT: The code example immediately following the second bulleted paragraph:
this.duplicateMovieClip("newClouds_mc", 0);

NOW READS:
if (this._name != "newClouds_mc") {
  this.duplicateMovieClip("newClouds_mc", 0);
}  




page 525 In Table R-6, under "exec," the second and third sentences;

"In Flash MX, the application must reside in a folder named "fscommand"
directly beneath the .swf file (if a .swf file resides in
/demo/, the application to launch must reside in /demo/fscommand/). For
example, to launch someApp.exe, use "fscommand("exec", "someApp.exe")",
without the subfolder name /fscommand/."


NOW READ:
"In Flash MX, the application must reside in a folder named "fscommand"
directly beneath the Flash Projector file (if a Projector file resides in
/demo/, the application to launch must reside in /demo/fscommand/). For
example, to launch someApp.exe, use "fscommand("exec", "someApp.exe")",
without the subfolder name /fscommand/.




page 990 IN PRINT: The last table row on the page, left hand column, entry heading, "Object constructor":
"Object constructor"

NOW READS:
"Object Constructor
(Flash 5 only)"