Flex Builder language reference update

I hope I can find some answers here. I have the following problem or wish ;-)
After installing/configureing flex builder 3 with the new 3.5 sdk I still have old language reference files in use. Is there a way to install a new documentationt set? if yes, how and where can I get those? I've been searching for some time now, but without success.
I know, I could download the different packages for flex, air, as3 etc, extract the asdocs and use them offline in my browser. But I'd relly like to have them included in flex builder.
Thanks in advance
Marcel

Yes, I want to be able to type something simple like "CANVAS" and have the ******* (edit: didn't know a "frig" was foul language, haha) documentation for that class come up. Is that too much to ask Adobe? I don't want 500 pages of crap tutorial help pages that happen to have the word canvas in them, just show me the class interface details!
PDF just isn't the same. I'd like to have a decent chm like the ones floating around for Java. Setting search scope doesn't help, I still seem to get crap results from a search. This should be fast and easy, type the name of the class you want details about and there it is. Right now freaking google is probably the closest thing out there but you're still dependent on the internet which has even more off topic clutter, and you have to type "flex " beforehand--lame. Has anyone figured out an easier way to do this moronicly simple task with minimal effort? We shouldn't have to hit more buttons than the number of letters in the class name + ENTER. I know, I'm picky.

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Yes, I want to be able to type something simple like "CANVAS" and have the ******* (edit: didn't know a "frig" was foul language, haha) documentation for that class come up. Is that too much to ask Adobe? I don't want 500 pages of crap tutorial help pages that happen to have the word canvas in them, just show me the class interface details!
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