Making buttons link to popup browser windows in ActionScript 3

I am trying to figure out how to make buttons on my flash
file link to URLs that appear in a window of fixed dimensions (with
scroller bars) next to my Flash window.
I am aware that Adobe has instructions for creating pop-up
browser windows through Flash (
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14192)
However, what I'm trying to do is a bit more complicated,
since I want to have multiple embedded invisible buttons in the
Flash window that each take you to a specific URL when you click on
them. Alternatively I'd be happy if any button click resulted in a
link to a random selection from a pre-programmed list of URLs.
Any suggestions? This is for ActionScript 3.

Hi Im having a simlar problem with creating a button that
opens up a url link in a blank browser window and keeping it at a
specific size. here is the code that I'm using.
my_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,
mouseDownHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
var urlStr = "my info_page.html";
if (ExternalInterface.available) {
ExternalInterface.call( "window.open", urlStr, "_blank",
"width=400,height=400");
} else {
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(urlStr);
navigateToURL(urlRequest);
the problem is the window doesn't open when I click on the
button and I don't know how to fix this

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