Multiple Button Functions - Help!

Question

I'm designing an interface for a class, and the buttons that I am using all have multiple functions.
For example, when the story button is clicked, I need the mc to stop playing and change to text (in the same window/screen, just no mc playing).  The mc is 31 frames long, but if there's a way to just make it loop continuously until told not to, I'd appreciate the help with that as well.
Currently, my code looks like this:
stop();
story_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,story);
function story(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(32);
credits_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,credits);
function credits(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(35);
credits_btn.onPress=function(){
credits_btn.onRelease = function(){
downloads_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,dwnlds);
function dwnlds(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(40);
downloads_btn.onPress=function(){
downloads_btn.onRelease = function(){
characters_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,chars);
function chars(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(45);
characters_btn.onPress=function(){
characters_btn.onRelease = function(){
options_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,opt);
function opt(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(50);
options_btn.onPress=function(){
options_btn.onRelease = function(){
When I click the button, the mc does not stop playing and the text does not show up.  How can I fix this?
I'm really stuck here.  Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

here's a simple click handler. You'll need to add whatever it is you want to happen on those frames you're going to.
//CODE START
//asuming thes are the names of your buttons
var buttons:Array = new Array(story_btn,credits_btn,downloads_btn,characters_btn,options_btn);
for each(var btn in buttons){
     btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
     staticMC.visible = false;
     switch event.target.name{
          case "story_btn":
          gotoAndStop(32)
          break;
          case "credits_btn":
          gotoAndStop(35)
          break;
          case "downloads_btn":
          gotoAndStop(40)
          break;
          case "characters_btn":
          gotoAndStop(45)
          break;
          case "options_btn":
          gotoAndStop(50)
          break;
// CODE END
HTH
-Ted