Button movie clip

hello,
i am building a full flash site, and i have created animated
buttons seperatley,outwith the main fla, and i have imported them
into the main timeline. The button file is a movie clip,and works
beautifully when testing from its own fla,but it does not work (no
animation on roll over) when i embed it into my main site. Below i
have trhe action script
On top level main timeline,where movie clips reside,in one
keyframe -
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(rewind == true){
prevFrame();
this.onRollOver = function(){
rewind = false;
play();
this.onRollOut = function(){
rewind = true;
this.onRelease = function(){
getURL("
http://www.kirupa.com","_blank");
within each button movie clip
stop();
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(rewind == true){
prevFrame();
this.onRollOver = function(){
rewind = false;
play();
this.onRollOut = function(){
rewind = true;
this.onRelease = function(){
getURL("
http://www.siteName.co.uk","_blank");
any ideas ?
hope you can help !

This is what I came up with and it seems to work... can this
be refined and improved on?
For example, what if I want it to return to its original
value when clicked a second time?

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