Help making a movie clip hyperlink

I have several different movie clip components in a flash file that I need to hyperlink to different addresses. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to add a url to these objects. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Tad A.
edit: I should add that I see an invisible button as being one solution. My real question would be is this the best way to accomplish this?

use:
kglad wrote:
then use navigateToURL():
yourbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,f);
function f(e:Event){
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.adobe.com"), "_self");

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I'm just starting off with Indesign and am already running into an issue on a seemingly simple issue. I'm trying to create an interactive document that I will play movie clips when exported to pdf. Ok so far so good. I've inserted one movie and started to play around.
1st issue - The only option I can get to actually play the movie when clicked is when the pdf export option for compatibility is set to 'Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4)'
                 How come no newer options work? Using Acrobat reader 9 by the way and tried to toggle options such as 'embedding' the movie.
                 No luck with playing on any setting except 'Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4)'
2nd Issue - Inside the movie options dialog box for this clip, there is an option for a poster that I can 'choose movie frame' as poster. The dialog box       comes up and is completely empth with no video controls or anything. What the deal with this.
I'm just starting out and I know I'm not totally incompetant but I'm not very pleased with what I'm seeing right now.
Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Don

Here is some help for starter.
For embedding, do that in InDesign. I think you know the movie will only play in the PDF.
If you export to PDF 1.3/1.4•Non-RGB movie or sound posters aren’t visible in the exported PDF document.
•SWF and MPEG movies aren’t playable in the exported PDF document.
•Clipping paths applied to movie or sound posters don’t appear in the exported PDF document. Posters are resized to match the movie page item.
•Movies cannot be embedded.•Sounds cannot be linked.
If you export to PDF 1.5 or laterQuickTime is specified as the preferred player when exporting to PDF. To change the preferred player, you must edit the rendition in Acrobat 6.0 or later.
If you export to any PDF version•Non-rectangular media frames don’t appear in the exported PDF document.
•Hyperlinks applied to movies, sounds, or buttons are not active in the exported PDF document. However, you can add those hyperlinks using Acrobat Professional.
•Rotated or sheared movies and posters may not appear correctly in the exported PDF document.
•Any masking applied to movie frames or posters is not supported.

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OK...here's my problem... I am making a portfolio site and I
have my thumbnails being created dynamically through XML...very
similar to the galleries example in the Sample and Tutorials. Only
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stop();
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Hello,
I am currently trying to design a small flash movie.
I have a "Movie Clip" object (a short animation) that i wish to act like a static object until a certain frame on the main Timeline.
Then i want it to play out, at it's own pace, just like normal, until it finishes (no looping)...
What do i need to put into, and where do i put it?
So in short, frame 30 of the main animation triggers the clip, whilst the main animation still runs...
I know very, very minimal AS3... so please, can someone help me?
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There is no property with the name '_xscale'.
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There is no property with the name '_yscale'.
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There is no property with the name '_alpha'.
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There is no property with the name '_alpha'.
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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 40:
There is no property with the name '_alpha'.
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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 42:
There is no property with the name '_x'.
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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 43:
There is no property with the name '_y'.
sItem2._y +=1;
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 44:
There is no property with the name '_x'.
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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 45:
There is no property with the name '_y'.
sItem1._y +=1;
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 48:
There is no property with the name '_y'.
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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 50:
There is no property with the name '_xscale'.
sItem2._xscale +=1;
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 51:
There is no property with the name '_yscale'.
sItem2._yscale +=1;
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 53:
There is no property with the name '_xscale'.
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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 58:
There is no property with the name '_xscale'.
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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 59:
There is no property with the name '_yscale'.
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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 61:
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Please help me out :-<
The code :

sItem2 is a string and strings don't have _x etc properties.
"movie1" should be a movieclip, not a string when passed to
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I have a movie clip that is about 30 frames long. I've placed an instance of it on the main timeline and it follows a motion path. My motion path ends after about 20 frames. At this time, I've inserted a keyframe which is preventing my movie clip from playing the remaining 10 frames.
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