Create simple text Button out of mx:Label

Hi!
How can you create a simple <mx:Label> Tag which allows
you to click on it and changes the cursor to the typical HTML-Hand
Curosor for Links and buttons?
THX

<mx:Label buttonMode="true" useHandCursor="true"
mouseChildren="false"/>
You will however have to do rollovers with a function using
labelId.setStyle("color", 0x00ff00) or similar.
Check to make sure i spelled those properties in the tag as i
may have misspelled.

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