Control Drop Zone with Button State

Does anyone know if you can control the display of a drop zone with the state of a button. I am working on an exercise video and would like change an image based on the selected state of three different buttons.

Use auto actions on your buttons to jump to new (almost identical) menus with different drop zone video. Auto action can be set in the Button Property Inspector/Advanced Tab. Auto-action will automatically goto the jump target (another menu) upon selection of the button. Don't set an auto-action on the button the jumps to your desired target track.
eg. - Create 3 menus A, B and C.
"Menu A" should have: 1) "Button A" as the default selected button and a jump target to whatever track you want, 2) "Button B" should have auto-action that jumps to "Menu B" and 3) "Button C" should have auto-action that jumps to "Menu C".
"Menu B" should have: 1) "Button B" as the default selected button, and a jump target to whatever track you want, 2) "Button A" should have auto-action that jumps to "Menu A" and 3) "Button C" should have auto-action that jumps to "Menu C".
"Menu C" should have: 1) "Button C" as the default selected button, and a jump target to whatever track you want, 2) "Button A" should have auto-action that jumps to "Menu A" and 3) "Button B" should have auto-action that jumps to "Menu B".
-k
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Hello,
I first apologize for using Google Translate :-(
I have a problem with InDesign not solve. It is for a digital publication.
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