FullScreenTakeOver, fullscreen, and fscommand exec

Question

I am not a programmer. I switched to CS3 for flv ease of
skins, but I'm finding AS3 to be extremely difficult to learn.
I have an .fla that I am publishing as a Mac projector and a
Windows projector. It took me 2 days just to learn the new way to
handle simple buttons and now the Mac projector is already acting
up on other simple commands. I haven't even had a chance to test
the Windows .exe because I can't get the Mac version to work. I'm
hoping the problems are the same so I only have to deal with this
once.
I'm at the point where I'm trying to get this to work:
//in first frame
fscommand("fullscreen", "true");
myvideo.fullScreenTakeOver = false;
//in different scene
myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openSyllabus);
function openSyllabus(event:MouseEvent) {
fscommand("exec", "syllabus.app");
seems simple enough right?
Here are the problems:
1. fullscreen is not actually fullscreen. It has a menu bar
the top of the window.
2. "myvideo" is an FLVPlayback component. It is contained in
an swf called "video.swf". video.swf is loaded into an mc in my
projectors main timeline called "videoSpot_mc" like this:
teleButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, newvid);
function newvid(event:MouseEvent) {
var loadit = new Loader();
addChild(loadit);
loadit.load(new URLRequest("video.swf"));
videoSpot_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, newvid);
But when video.swf loads into videoSpot_mc it goes to a black
screen despite having "myvideo.fullScreenTakeOver = false;" in
frame one of the main timeline. I tried it in frame 1 of
"video.swf" timeline, too and it just made the movie freeze. What's
wrong here?
3. fscommand is not opening "syllabus.app" which is a simple
application that in turn opens "syllabus.pdf".
I am working on a Mac OS 10.4.10 publishing from Flash CS3
v.9.0.3 in AS3.
What am I doing wrong??? I really need these answers fast or
I will probably lose this client. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Thanks, but it needs to be a hybrid cd. If only the windows
version works then its useless.
I got the fullScreenTakeOver = false; to work. I also found
out that if you put
fscommand("fullscreen", "true") in the first frame and then
fscommand("fullscreen", "false") in the second frame and then
fscommand("fullscreen", "true") in the third frame, then the menu
bar will go away like it used to by just putting it in the first
frame.
The fscommand("exec", "myapp.app") never worked. I searched
every forum on the web and found only more people with the same
problem. I ended up switching back to AS2 Flash Player 8 and
created fullscreen video and other effects myself through AS2.
fscommands all worked swell. No issues.
I find Flash 9 and AS3 to be bad product "advancements" and
am happy I used the trial version before paying out the money for a
product with so many flaws and setbacks.