Opening External Links from AS3

So, you probably know that opening external links from inside AS3 is an issue.  Depending on the browser, the “_blank” new window openings are blocked as though they were pop ups.

There are many blog entries and forum entries on the web discussing ways to deal with this, some more useful than others; many do not encompass all browsers; many still deal with AS2, etc, etc.

After much, much searching, reading, and experiments, I wanted to post the resolution that I currently believe works the best.

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