Add a XML link to a flash button

[Bruceleeroy]

Hey guys,
I just had a quick question.

I am using a XML photo gallery from Kirupa that looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<images>
    <pic>
        <image>http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/pg/kresge.jpg</image>
        <caption>Kresge</caption>
    </pic>
</images>

I have a button on the movie clip that says VISIT WEBSITE and has a rollon and off state.
I want to be able to change the a href for that button but I cant think of how to do it.

How can I make it reference the XML file?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[Bruceleeroy]

In my Actionscript I added this for the button:

Code:

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay("over");

}

on (rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay("out");

}

on (release) {     
getURL(_root.linkbtn, "_self");
}

Then I updated the XML to be this:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<images>
    <pic>
        <image>http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/pg/kresge.jpg</image>
        <caption>Kresge</caption>
<link>http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/pg/kresge.jpg</link>
    </pic>
   </images>

And finally the actionscript that calls the XML looks like this:

Code:

stop();
function loadXML(loaded) {

if (loaded) {

xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
description = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {

image[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
link[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;

link.text = _root.linkbtn;

I am probably missing something really basic.

[Ronald Wernecke]

getURL is the command to read a link.
Whatever you give to this call, you will load into the current window