Loading JPGs into Movie Clip

Can anyone help? I am building a site that requires the user
to click on a button to change a large JPG image in a movie clip.
The button is part of a small movie clip that contains a text
number which is the button in question and a thumbnail of the large
image. I need the button to play when rolled out (to fade out the
thumbnail image) and I need the large JPG image to be replaced by
another large JPG image when the button is released. The button
instance is "Load Image" and the movie clip I want the new JPG to
load into is called "Holding Pic". Should I put the action script
on the main timeline? If so, where? Or should I attach the script
to the button?
Many thanks.

This is an article on AS3 but the answer to your question is
the same. You can find it in the first few paragraphs.
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/flash/articles/flacs3it_astimeline.html

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