getURL in ActionScript 3

There is a little more to write when you want to link from Flash to some website using ActionScript 3. ActionScript 2 offered the getURL method, ActionScript 3 doesn't have it anymore.

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var myURL:String = "http://sierakowski.eu";
var myURLRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(myURL);
try 
{
   navigateToURL(myURLRequest, '_blank'); // target can be _blank, _parent
}
catch (error:Error) 
{
   trace("Error when navigating to website: "+error);
}

You can also use mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it in your URL variable to create a link to send an email.