XML links box

programming flash
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I am trying to make a links box that reads data from a XML file and inturn generates all the buttons and when clicked on will open the specific page in a new browswer window.

this is what I have so far:
a box that reads the XML, makes individual buttons and a scroller to see all the links if there are more than what can be displayed. See example **HERE. **

Here is the code for the actionscript…

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// location of the playlist if no html parameter is found
// change "linkbox.xml" if you want another filename ..
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
_root.linkbox == undefined ? linkbox = "linkbox.xml" : linkbox=_root.linkbox;

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// stage variables
Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
stop();

// linkbox loading
data_xml = new XML();
data_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
data_xml.onLoad = loadData;
data_xml.load(linkbox);

// parsing all xml data into flash
function loadData(success) {
	if (success) {
		website_name = new Array();
		address = new Array();
		address = this.firstChild.childNodes;
		sites_total = address.length;		
		for (var i = 0; i<sites_total; i++) {
			website_name.push(address*.attributes.name);
			
			// buiding linkbox buttons
			bot.linkbox.btn.duplicateMovieClip("btn"+i, i);
			bot.linkbox["btn"+i]._y = bot.linkbox.btn._y+i*int(bot.linkbox.btn._height) +i;
			bot.linkbox["btn"+i].txt = checkDigits(i+1)+". "+website_name*;
			bot.linkbox["btn"+i].hit.onPress = function() {
				listClick(getURL(address*.attributes.url,"_blank")); }; 
		} }
	;}
	
// list scroller
bot.list_bg.onEnterFrame = function() {
	if (hitTest( _root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true) && this._parent.linkbox._height > this._height ) {
		ymin = this._y+this._height - this._parent.linkbox._height;
		ymax = this._y+3;
		conv = (this._ymouse -15)*1.3/this._height;
		conv > 1 ? conv = 1 : null;
		conv < 0 ? conv = 0 : null;
		this._parent.linkbox.easeY (ymax - conv*(ymax-ymin)); } }; 
bot.linkbox.setMask(bot.list_bg);
bot._y = 0;

// prefixing a 0 to the list
function checkDigits(toCheck) {
	return (toCheck<10) ? toCheck="0"+toCheck : toCheck; }
	
// easing display and playlist movement
MovieClip.prototype.easeY = function(t) {
	this.onEnterFrame = function() {
		this._y = int(t-(t-this._y)/1.5);
			if (this._y>t-1 && this._y<t+1) {
				delete this.onEnterFrame; } }; };

my XML looks like this…

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<links>
    <website url="www.website01.com" name="website 01" />
    <website url="www.website02.com" name="website 02" />
    <website url="www.website03.com" name="website 03" />
    <website url="www.website04.com" name="website 04" />
    <website url="www.website05.com" name="website 05" />
    <website url="www.website06.com" name="website 06" />
    <website url="www.website07.com" name="website 07" />
    <website url="www.website08.com" name="website 08" />
    <website url="www.website09.com" name="website 09" />
    <website url="www.website10.com" name="website 10" />
    <website url="www.website11.com" name="website 11" />
</links>

The issue I can’t resolve is the get URL function. Is there some one out there than can help out?..

Thanks

Ken