Opening a new browser window

Is it possible to open a new browser window, on click of a button in Flex?

Take a look at <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge 
href="http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/1/flex20beta3/langref/flash/net/p
ackag
e.html#navigateToURL()">this link</a> 
 Is it what you need?

 Regards

No, you don't have to make a function at all.  Something as simple as this will

work:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <mx:Application xmlns:mx="<a target=_blank
class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge 
href="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"">http://www.adobe.com/20
06/mxml"</a> 
layout="absolute">
 	<mx:Button 
 		label="Open New Window" 
 		click="navigateToURL( new URLRequest( '<a target=_blank 
class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge 
href="http://www.google.com'">http://www.google.com'</a> )
);" />
 </mx:Application>

On a similar topic, I wrote a few days ago on 
http://www.mossyblog.com/archives/567.cfm the following:

 [Q]A little late here on the party but I want to stress that Flex 2 must 
*absolutely* support the Firefox (and IE 7) ? Open in new tab ? feature when a 
link is right-clicked. 

 I played with the 
http://flexapps.macromedia.com/flex2beta3/styleexplorer/Flex2StyleExplorer.html

and links do not appear to have that feature enabled. But I could be wrong. 

 Any heavy or serious beta 3 testers out there who verified that?[/Q]

 Not knowing beforehand, I right-click a link to open it in a new tab (common 
in Firefox but will be so in IE7) only to discover the typical [i]Adobe Flash 
menu[/i] without the required functionality. While moaning :frown;, I therefore

left-click while loosing the context.

 You know, it's such details that create Flash rants!  

 Seamless experience in a browser requires such native behavior from Flex.