GetUrl in a movie

Hi - I know this has to have been posted but I can't find it.
Sorry for the
duplicated post.
Its been a long time since I've done any coding.
I have a button within a movie - a box pops up with an error
message:
**Error** Symbol=partners_mc, layer=Layer 1, frame=5:Line 2:
')' or ','
expected
getURL(
http://www.hvac-consultants.com/default.asp);
Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
This is my code:
on (release) {
getURL("
http://www.hvac-consultants.com",
"_blank");
Thanks in advance for the help!
Tim

Is this code on the button?
Put this code on the main timeline:
myMovieClip.myButton.onRelease=function(){
getURL("
http://www.hvac-consultants.com",
"_blank");
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> Hi - I know this has to have been posted but I can't
find it. Sorry for
> the
> duplicated post.
> Its been a long time since I've done any coding.
>
> I have a button within a movie - a box pops up with an
error message:
>
> **Error** Symbol=partners_mc, layer=Layer 1,
frame=5:Line 2: ')' or ','
> expected
> getURL(
http://www.hvac-consultants.com/default.asp);
>
> Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
>
> This is my code:
>
> on (release) {
> getURL("
http://www.hvac-consultants.com",
"_blank");
> }
>
> Thanks in advance for the help!
>
> Tim
>
>

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