Setting URL link outside of SWF

Hi there
I'm working on some banner ads for a client to send out to
some of their customers to use on their own websites. However, in
each case the customer will need their version of the ad to link to
a specific page on their site. Rather than requesting a change each
time an ad is sent out Is it possible to set up a button in the
flash file that uses a url link defined in an external xml file?
The thinking is that the customer can be sent the swf file along
with the xml file and they simply change the url defined in the xml
file to their own preference. I have very little knowledge of
actionscript or xml so would appreciate some guidance if it is
possible.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance.
Paul

Either way will work, it's just a matter of how you want to
go about it. If you use XML then you have an additional file that
your clients will have to deal with; if you use the flash vars,
then this can be added to the html page, in t he <param> tags
where the actual .swf is located.
Here is a pretty good tutorial loading XML into Flash:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flashcs3/using_xml_as3_pg1.htm
And here is a pretty good example of using flash vars:
http://blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/2006/07/using_flashvars_with_actionscr.html

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From:
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To:
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Date:
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Subject:
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