want to remove XML file

[Glen348]

im looking for a way to remove the xml file and make it work in lua only any ideals?

local function CreateIndexButton(indexPool)
    local button = ZO_ObjectPool_CreateControl("NotebookIndex", indexPool, notebook.toc.scrollChild)
    local anchorBtn = buttonCount == 1 and notebook.toc.scrollChild or indexPool:AcquireObject(buttonCount-1)
        button:SetAnchor(TOPLEFT, anchorBtn, buttonCount == 1 and TOPLEFT or BOTTOMLEFT)
        button:SetHorizontalAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT)      
        button:SetFont("ZoFontBookPaper")       
        button:SetWidth(400)
        button:SetNormalFontColor(0, 0, 0, 0.7)
        button:SetPressedFontColor(0, 0, 0, 0.9)
        button:SetMouseOverFontColor(0, 0, 0, 0.4)
        button:SetClickSound()  
        button:SetHandler("OnClicked", function(self)
            currentlyViewing = self.id
            notebook.titleEdit:SetText(UnprotectText(self.data.title))
            notebook.edit:SetText(UnprotectText(self.data.text))
            notebook.selectedpage:ClearAnchors()
            notebook.selectedpage:SetAnchorFill(self)
            PlaySound(SOUNDS.BOOK_PAGE_TURN)            
        end)
    buttonCount = buttonCount + 1
    return button
end
 
    PopulateScrollList()
        if self.new then
            notebook.selectedpage:SetAnchorFill(_G["NotebookIndex"..currentlyViewing])
        end

<GuiXml>
	<Controls>
		<Button name="NotebookIndex" virtual="true" inherits="ZO_DefaultTextButton">
		</Button>
	</Controls>
</GuiXml>