Actionscript 3.0 - Button to open URL

I'm attempting to have a basic FlashCS4 intro/splash screen for my website, that after finished playing is a button that links to the first page of my site.
I have the animation created, I'm just having trouble actually linking it to the page.
When I test the movie, I get the error:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at splash_fla::MainTimeline/frame66()
Frame 66 being the frame with the button and actionscript on it:
enter_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,goThere);
function goThere(e:MouseEvent) {
var request:URLRequest=new URLRequest("*******");
navigateToURL(request);
I'm very much an AS3 beginner, so it may just be a simple fix, but I'm at a loss. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

If that is the only code you have, chances are your enter_btn is not named or is otherwise out of scope. Instance names are assigned by selecting the object on the stage and assigning the name in the properties panel where it says instance name. If you did that okay, then maybe the problem is that the code is executing where the button doesn't exist-- they need to be in the same frame (Not layer, just frame).
The 1009 error indicates that one of the objects being targeted by your code is out of scope. This could mean that the object....
- is not in the display list
- doesn't have an instance name (or the instance name is mispelled)
- does not exist in the frame where that code is trying to talk to it
- is animated into place but is not assigned instance names in every keyframe for it
- is one of two or more consecutive keyframes of the same objects with different names assigned.
If you go into your Publish Settings Flash section and select the option to Permit debugging, your error message should have a line number following the frame number which will help you isolate which object is involved.

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