MC with 4 button states

Hi -
I' m using an MC for a button. It has 4 states, up, over,
down and hold...10 frames apart on the timeline.
The first onRelease brings the mc to the "hold" state. The
next on Release would return it to the "up" state. The problem
arises when the onRollOver occurs. The mc's timeline jumps to the
"over" state so I can't direct it with something like "if on hold
then go to up".
How can I do this?

kglad -
The toggle Saga continues.
I've used the toggle code you provided successfully in the
mc described earlier.... "It has 4 states, up, over, down and
hold...10 frames apart on the timeline." I put the toggle code on
the first frame of that mc and named it box_mc. If I drag an
instance on the stage it works great.
To make use of this multiple times I nested box_mc into other
movie clips and added a layer for the specific "button label" text
(tools, links, topics, etc). So now I have box_mc inside the mc
named btn_tools.
I'm applying an onRelease to btn_tools to trigger some other
stuff moving on the stage (toolsView). But
I can either get the states of box_mc OR the action that's
supposed to happen onRelease. Naturally I want both. See the first
2 snippets.
To continue with this mess I cut out the nesting part and
just duplicated box_mc, renamed it mc_tools, added a layer to it ,
put the "button label" text on that layer and tried to address
mc_tools on the stage. Remember that the toggle code is on frame 1
of of this now. When I use the third snippet below - I get the
pretty "over" , "hold" states but not toolsView on the stage.
How can I get the results I want?
Thanks for your help.
jl

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