Can I use getURL to open HTML pages on the user 's local hard drive?
A1:
Yes, just like you could by using an <A HREF> tag in HTML. The getURL command just passes the information along to the browser. The browser does all the work. So anything a browser can do with a URL, the getURL command can do.
Q2:
Can two Flash movies on one HTML page communicate with each other?
A2:
If the browser supports JavaScript communication, you can write code to use JavaScript to pass messages between movies.
Q3:
Is there any way at all to allow browsers that don't have JavaScript communication capability to open windows with custom options?
A3:
Yes. You could use Flash to open a window with getURL and then have some JavaScript code on that page to have it resize itself and change its options.