Help with action in submenus

I've managed to do the parent menu and the drop down sub menus.
Now I want to program or link the submenus.
For example when Submenu 1 button is released Submenu Text 1 appears
When submenu 2 button is released Submenu Text 2 appears
Where would I add the script?
Any tutorials on this?
Thanks

My FLA file (250k)
I found a way to make it happen!!!!

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