Applescript in Leopard

Good Afternoon All!
I'm trying to use the fscommand in a flash projector file.
Before Leopard came along I used the code below to launch pdf
files. Now that I have Leopard installed I get an error box stating
that the classic code is no longer supported. Can anyone help me
with some new code to launch pdfs in the mac environment please?
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You can try here:
http://www.apple.com/applescript/
and here:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangG uide/
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norwichfan88
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From: Australia
Registered: Mar 25, 2010
Trim file name scripts in SL
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