How to reduce these code using oop in AS3

Question

i have 8 movie clip and i use it as a navigation buttons and when clicked it should go to different links. i use these codes but i think these codes are not pure oop so can any one help me to reduce programming using oop but works in same way as it is doing right now.
the codes are follows
function buttonmode(link:MovieClip):void{
link.buttonMode = true;
buttonmode(rec1_mc);
buttonmode(rec2_mc);
buttonmode(rec3_mc);
buttonmode(rec4_mc);
buttonmode(rec5_mc);
buttonmode(rec6_mc);
buttonmode(rec7_mc);
buttonmode(rec8_mc);
function navigate1(e:MouseEvent):void{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.ebpearls.com" ),"_self");
function navigate2(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace("Button 2 is Clicked");
function navigate3(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace("Button 3 is Clicked");
function navigate4(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace("Button 4 is Clicked");
function navigate5(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace("Button 5 is Clicked");
function navigate6(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace("Button 6 is Clicked");
function navigate7(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace("Button 7 is Clicked");
function navigate8(e:MouseEvent):void{
trace("Button 8 is Clicked");
rec1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,navigate1);
rec2_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,navigate2);
rec3_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,navigate3);
rec4_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,navigate4);
rec5_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,navigate5);
rec6_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,navigate6);
rec7_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,navigate7);
rec8_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,navigate8);

Answer 1

I think the more OO way is like this:
1. Create AbstractButton class and save it in a file called AbstractButton.as in the same folder the FLA file resides:
package
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    public class AbstractButton extends MovieClip
        public function AbstractButton()
            super();
            this.stop();
            this.buttonMode = true;
            this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, onRollOver);
            this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, onRollOut);
            this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
        protected function onRollOver(e:MouseEvent):void
            // rollOver behaviour, e.g. this.gotoAndStop(2);
        protected function onRollOut(e:MouseEvent):void
             // rollOut behaviour, e.g.  this.gotoAndStop(1);
        protected function onClick(e:MouseEvent = null):void
            var data:Object = new Object();
            data.id = this.name;
            var evt:NavEvent = new NavEvent(data, NavEvent.NAV_EVENT, true, true);
            dispatchEvent(evt);           
2. Link button symbol in your library to the AbstractButton class: right click on it (in library), click Properties, in Linkage section mark Export for ActionScript box and put AbstractButton as Class, Base class field leave empty. If you use more than one button symbols form your library, do the same thing with them.
3. Create NavEvent class, save it in NavEvent.as file in the same  folder:
package
     import flash.events.Event;
    public class NavEvent extends Event
         public static const NAV_EVENT:String = "NavEvent";
         public var data:Object;
         public function NavEvent(data:Object, type:String,  bubbles:Boolean, cancelable:Boolean)
             this.data = data;
             super(NAV_EVENT, true, true);
4. Drag your buttons on the stage, give them instance names as you did.
5. On your main timeline (or in document class if you're using it) use the following code to controll button clicks. Here e.data.id carries the instance name of clicked button.
this.root.addEventListener(NavEvent.NAV_EVENT, handleNavEvent);
function handleNavEvent(e:NavEvent):void
    switch (e.data.id)
        case "rec1_mc":          
            navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.ebpearls.com" ),"_self");
            break;
        case "rec2_mc":
            trace("2 clicked");
            break;
        case "rec3_mc":
            trace("3 clicked");
            break;
          // and so on