Buttons within Complex Buttons

Hi all - i'm trying to create a navigation system fairly
indentical to this one:
http://www.thefieryfurnaces.com/
I am using a complex button with actionscript, however I
can't get any of the navigation buttons to work on top of this. I'd
like them to be complex buttons also ... can anyone help me work
around this? Tearing my hair out!
Cheers //
Heath.
Actionscript for the complex buttons i'm using below:
stop();
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(rewind == true){
prevFrame();
this.onRollOver = function(){
rewind = false;
play();
this.onRollOut = function(){
rewind = true;

One thing to get straight right away is that these buttons
inside of movieclips. The buttons make the movieclips play, which
is where the slideout effect comes in. The words are also buttons,
with the over state containing the bouncing ball movieclip. All of
these buttons are contained inside of another movieclip which make
it looks like they are inside a sliding menu.
What was the question again? haha

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