Getting a button to work in Flash using ActionScript 3 - Simple code insert

I'm relatively new to Flash and ActionScript but I've always known that button aren't as simple as they should be.

I started using ActionScript 3 for the first time today it turns out that GetURL no longer exists! But i found the following works fine.

This is a basic run through, it assumes that you already know a little about flash, I hope it helps...

1. Create a button graphic and convert it into a button - if you want it to be clear i just set the Blend mode to Alpha... this seemed to work fine!
   
2. Name the button - in this case "buttonName".
   
3. Drop the following code into the first frame of your timeline (into either a new layer or your actions layer if you are familiar with this way of working).
   

   buttonName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick);
   
   function onMouseClick(e:MouseEvent):void
   {
   var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“http://www.urlhere.com”);
   navigateToURL(request, “_blank”);
   }
   

4. Change the URL and buttonName to suit and remove the target _blank line if not required.
5. Test the movie.
6. Done.
   

Thanks to School of Flash for this one.