ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference for Macromedia Flash 8 by Francis Cheng, Jen deHaan, Robert L. Dixon and Shimul Rahim

Francis Cheng, Jen deHaan, Robert L. Dixon, and Shimul Rahim are members of the staff of the Instructional Media Development team at Macromedia. The Macromedia Instructional Media Development (IMD) team is a group of technical writers, editors, and production engineers who create the technical documentation for all Macromedia products and technologies. Each product has a team of dedicated writers who document the help systems, feature descriptions, and learning paths that Macromedia customers use. Through their years of insider, hands-on product experience, the IMD team is uniquely qualified to bring you these official Macromedia-branded documentation reference guides.

Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
First of all, I am not that much of a review writer, but feel I have to add to the reviews above. I bought this book before the reviews above were written. If only I had waited. Anyway: why is this a ripp off?1. it should have come with the software in the first place as the new help function within flash is totally unusable, and the documentation was far from complete.2. it is full of mistakes, and the only erratum is the updated helpfunction with the software.3. it was published at the time that even Macromedia knew that the documentation with their software was far from complete AND full of errors. Never could understand why they would repeat that unforgivable error in a book and dare ask money for it. As a sidenote: the docs with the software are updated in the meantime, so you might as well put your printer to work if you need a printed copy. Don't waste your money on this book. John