Link bar additional link open new window

Question

I am new to flex and trying to learn. I am working on a small
site. the site will have a few navigation items. However one links
to another site. The rest are on the site I am using the bellow
code. What I need is between the customer info adn account info is
to add another link that opens a new browser window and goes to a
url. I am a bit lost and not sure how to do that or if its possible
with this. Any help would be great.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- containers\navigators\VSLinkEffects.mxml -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:WipeUp id="myWU" duration="300"/>
<mx:WipeDown id="myWD" duration="300"/>
<mx:WipeRight id="myWR" duration="300"/>
<mx:VBox height="188">
<mx:LinkBar dataProvider="{myViewStack}"
borderStyle="solid"
backgroundColor="#EEEEFF"/>
<mx:ViewStack id="myViewStack"
borderStyle="solid"
width="273"
creationCompleteEffect="{myWR}" height="137">
<mx:Canvas id="search"
label="Search"
hideEffect="{myWD}"
showEffect="{myWU}" backgroundColor="#E81414">
<mx:Label text="Search Screen"/>
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Canvas id="custInfo"
label="Customer Info"
hideEffect="{myWD}"
showEffect="{myWU}">
<mx:Label text="Customer Info"/>
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Canvas id="accountInfo"
label="Account Info"
hideEffect="{myWD}"
showEffect="{myWU}">
<mx:Label text="Account Info"/>
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:ViewStack>
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Application>

Answer 1

This does what you want, kind of:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- containers\navigators\VSLinkEffects.mxml -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.ItemClickEvent;
private function itemClickHandler(event:ItemClickEvent):void
if(event.label == "Open URL"){
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("
http://www.google.com"),
"_blank");
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:WipeUp id="myWU" duration="300"/>
<mx:WipeDown id="myWD" duration="300"/>
<mx:WipeLeft id="myWL" duration="300"/>
<mx:WipeRight id="myWR" duration="300"/>
<mx:VBox height="188">
<mx:LinkBar dataProvider="{myViewStack}"
borderStyle="solid"
backgroundColor="#EEEEFF"
itemClick="itemClickHandler(event)"/>
<mx:ViewStack id="myViewStack"
borderStyle="solid"
width="273"
creationCompleteEffect="{myWR}" height="137">
<mx:Canvas id="search"
label="Search"
hideEffect="{myWD}"
showEffect="{myWU}" backgroundColor="#E81414">
<mx:Label text="Search Screen"/>
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Canvas id="custInfo"
label="Customer Info"
hideEffect="{myWD}"
showEffect="{myWU}">
<mx:Label text="Customer Info"/>
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Canvas id="openURL"
label="Open URL"
hideEffect="{myWL}"
showEffect="{myWR}">
<mx:Label text="URL Opened"/>
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Canvas id="accountInfo"
label="Account Info"
hideEffect="{myWD}"
showEffect="{myWU}">
<mx:Label text="Account Info"/>
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:ViewStack>
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Application>