Adjusting an interactive rollover menu

hey all,
please take a moment to test the code below; creating a kind
of interactive rollover menu with some effects. the original code
used Math.PI to create a radial menu and i've modified it into a
vertical menu to suit my needs.
what i can't manage to do right now are two things:
1) run the movie, and you'll notice that the spaces between
the items (menu elements) are not equal. what causes that or what
am i missing here?
2) i've set a global onPress function that links to a certain
URL. how should i set an onPress function for each menu item
individually, so that each item on the menu can be set to link to a
different URL?
your help will be much appreciated!
neoglee.

If you did it in encore then your target was making a blu-ray, correct?
I presume you want to do what Encore does and make a "Computer" version of your DVD menus?
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