Adding bitmap images that behave like a button or adding buttons that support images?

I am a new to Flash Builder and making some progress, but find I am easily stuck. I want to add graphics to my application that (1) detect when they have received a click event, (2) change graphics when mouse off, mouse over and clicked.
I thought that I could add graphics to a button to accomplish this, but cannot figure out how. Perhaps there is another, better way to do this using an image object. Any help is greatly appreciated.

is it as simple as copy the button from it's own library then
paste it into the shared library - then do the linkage steps?
tq

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Hi,
I'm using XML to load data from asp to flash. Here's the XML
example:
1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
2. <news>
3. <item>
4. <headline>Flash XML Based News reader out
today!</headline>
5. <date>05/09/1986</date>
6. <message>Today my new xml based flash news reader
came out, I am so excited!</message>
7. </item>
8. <item>
9. <headline>One day until the Flash XML Based News
reader is out!</headline>
10. <date>05/08/1986</date>
11. <message>Tomorrow my new xml based flash news
reader comes out, I am so excited!</message>
12. </item>
13. <item>
14. <headline>Two days until the Flash XML Based News
reader is out!</headline>
15. <date>05/07/1986</date>
16. <message>The day after tomorrow my new xml based
flash news reader comes out, I am so excited!</message>
17. </item>
18. </news>
And here's the ActionScript part:
1. // Initialize the xml object that our news will be loaded
into
2. var news_xml : XML = new XML();
3. // ignore all whitespaces inside of our xml file
4. news_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
5. // when the xml recieves a return from the load() function
call, execute this function
6. news_xml.onLoad = function( success : Boolean ) {
7. // if the xml file was successfully loaded
8. if ( success ) {
9. parseNews(this);
10. }
11. }
12. // call the load function on the xml object, passing in
the url of your xml file
13. news_xml.load("xmlTutorial.xml");
14. // this function will take our news xml object and parse
it
15. function parseNews( _xml : XML ) : Void {
16. // first we create an array that holds all the values of
the item nodes
17. var items : Array = _xml.firstChild.childNodes;
18. // now we want to iterate over every item in the items
array
19. // and parse the nodes as we see fit
20. for ( var i : Number = 0 ; i < items.length ; i ++ ) {
21. // here we set the text of the text field ( news_txt )
22. // the first thing we add to the textfield is the
headline then a line break
23. news_txt.htmlText += "" + items
.childNodes[0].firstChild +" ";
24. // next we add the string date followed by the date value
in the xml file
25. news_txt.htmlText += "Date: " +
items.childNodes[1].firstChild + " ";
26. // now we add the message, then two line breaks, only for
formatting
27. news_txt.htmlText += " " + items
.childNodes[2].firstChild + " ";
28. }
29. }
So far is everything clear to me. But what I want to do now
is that after a user clicks on title, next happens:
the current swf unloads
the flash sends data to asp (ID of an article and ID of an
author, which movie to load next).
How do create a title/button?I know how to make a title to
behave like a link (just add the
http://... in the headline tag in XML
document. But this,..... I just don't know how to do that.
THX for any help

2m, you are right. I should tell you about my concept. It's
all on the paper yet, because this is how I work - first I write
down everything on paper, study it and the next step in trying to
make it work on computer.
I have a main swf, I call it system.swf. System.swf receives
the info about the swfs, it must be loaded from html tag
<object><param>. The ID of the movies is send from
flash to asp and then via <object>back to flash. Does that
make sense? Is there a better way for that?
So, the system.swf is loaded for the whole time - let's say
it on level1. On level 2 are then loaded other swfs.It depends
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and short description). When he/she clicks on the title, all the
action happens:
flash sends the data which article the user wants to read to
asp, asp searches in data base for the requested article and
creates xml, where are title, date and the whole content of the
article.
At the same time asp also sends via <object>tag in html
the id of the swf that must be loaded and the id of the author of
the article, so the swf, where the pictures of the all authors are,
will know what picute must load (this is the second swf that is
loaded on the article part - it's created like a gallery; the
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read the last article of other author, he/she just closes the
picture and then the images are moving in a slider way and when
he/she clicks on an image, it get larger and the last artcle of
this author is loaded).
And I wonder how can I make this all to happen: when the user
clicks on a title, all the var action happens?
If you have better idea how to create this, please, advice.
THX for the help so far

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