Special Edition Using Macromedia Flash 5 [With CDROM]

Unlike some other reviewers, I was very satisfied with the quality of this book, but I bought it specifically for the sections (Chapters 14-30, literally half the book) written by Darrel Plant, which focuses on ActionScript. I've been a fan of Darrel's since his "Lingo Programmer's Reference", possibly the best reference book on programming in Director ever written (and happily soon to be updated in a new title, "Lingo Line By Line"), and my advice to anyone wanting to move from Lingo to ActionScript (or simply to learn how to program in Flash) is to buy this book. As usual, one chapter alone ("Understanding the FSCommand System") saved me hours of work and frustration, clearly explaining how to communicate between different movies or between the movie and browser environments.They're are probably better Flash overview and animation guides for the beginner. But this is the best ActionScript reference available today.