Flash ComboBox

I created a presentation that sync between a FLV video and a
set of slides in a Flashpaper file. Cuepoints are set via
Actionscrips by reading in data from an XML file. To navigate
between the slides, I use a combobox (filled with labels and data
from the XML file), and "next" and "prev" buttons. There are a few
other buttons on the movie to open up "about" text info, and
hyperlinks to certain Websites... Everything seems to work fine
(moving forward and backward with the button... jumping around
through combobox...). However, as soon as I click on the combobox
to navigate, problems will arise and persist afterward: (1) the
"next" and "prev" buttons will then require double mouse clicks to
work (a single mouse click was fine before I selected an item on
the combobox); (2) all other buttons and hyperlinks on stage stop
workings (apparently, I can no longer call the "on(release)...."
functions for these buttons. HELP!!!! Below is the relevant part of
the code

Welcome to our community, Denise
Personally, I'd be very surprised if the issue was as simple
as changing the Frame Rate. You may wish to examine other things
such as the ActionScript version in use. I believe Captivate
expects ActionScript 2 not ActionScript 3. Aside from that, perhaps
it has something to do with the manner in which you are referencing
the root level or something similar.
Sincerely... Rick

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