This will not work on the Mac platform (at least in OS X).
I'm trying to decide right now how to do a project which is essentially just a navigational interface that leads the user to a bunch of Word docs that they will print out for actual use.
I first thought Flash would be the easiest approach, but I don't like the warning dialogue that you get when doing the getURL approach on the PC platform, and the Mac won't launch Word at all.
The only way I've found around this is to use something like FlashJester's jstart for the PC and AppleScript on the Mac to launch the Word file more elegantly.
Anyone know another approach that I haven't come across?
I'm thinking I'll just go back to doing the project in HTML, though the client wanted to have the code hidden from other folks who might steal it.
Maybe Director . . . hmm.
chris