Recently I faced one strange problem while trying to open popup from Flash.
I was unable to open html popups with referral path. This was because, code "<!-- saved from url=(0013)about:internet -->" was there at the top of html page which restricts user to access/open popup in local environment. Though, it works fine when uploaded onto server.
Workaround:
Either you remove the line from the top of html file or simply change to read it as, "<!-- saved from url=(0013)about:local -->". In my case, the problem was solved.