Blinking buttons in sequence

I am building a calculator simulator in Flash CS3 using
Action Script 3. I would like to demonstrate how to solve a problem
by "blinking" the correct button sequence on the calculator. I can
"blink" one button now by adjusting the alpha setting of a
rectangle symbol over any key. I did this by creating a new timer
set for 1000 ms and creating a listener for the TICK event.
I adjust the alpha setting, start the timer, wait for the
Tick and adjust the alpha again. This works fine for one button.
However, I need to blink a sequence of buttons at one-second
intervals to demonstrate how to solve a complete problem.
I'm having trouble coming up with the right steps to blink a
sequence of buttons at one-second intervals. Can anyone explain the
right way to do this? Thank you for any help.

Hi Steve
I think Lilybiri may be somewhat busy today as I've not seen any posts from her. So hopefully she won't mind my offering to help.
She meant to insert images of the buttons you want to be disabled. Just place images there. They will look like buttons but won't be clickable until you want them to be.
You will use the ability to hide and show the images as well as the buttons. This is tied to Advanced Actions. Captivate help does offer a section that talks about Advanced Actions and I also offer a eBook on them for a reasonable price at the link below. I think it might be helpful for you but I'm not here to SPAM you. I'm only trying to offer help.
In a nutshell you would insert all the buttons and images. Configure most of the buttons as hidden and most of the images as visible. Then you will create an advanced action for each button that will hide the image of the button, show the next live button, then visit the section you want. When you return to the slide the next button should be visible and clickable.
Cheers... Rick
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