On mouseclick logic for timeline animation

Question

So there is a movieclip that goes through certain stages in a Breaking,BrokenLooping,Fixing,brokenPermenant animation cycle
I'm just starting to make the actionscript for it but I'm not sure how to go about it, or if the logic is sound. I am a bit new to actionscript
i assume i can make a function like this
Quote: 
  function myButtonAction(eventObject:MouseEvent)
trace("you clicked on the button ");
myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myButtonAction); 
where myButton is the instance of a button movieclip ontop of the movieclip
The general idea is that randomly things will break and stick in a broken loop, then you have to start taping the screen to repair it until fixed or else it permanently breaks
*note that the fixing animation cycle is backwards so that positive on the timeline is it slowly breaking - you tap to reverse frames and "repair"
the logic goes like this (at the start of the looping broken animation)
on user input (mouseclick)
-goto frame (xx) (end of fixing animation)
-stop() for 1 second  (stopping so it doesnt just enter next animation cycle)
.....     -if user input yes (tap/click)
.........          -go back one frame [currentframe -1]
.........          -stop() for 0.100 seconds then play()
.........          - or if time between taps is less than 0.100, then play
.....     -if user input is no (no tap/click)
.........          -play()
I'm not sure if that handles all the possibilities but i guess ill find out as i go.
whats the best way to write what I want to happen

Answer 1

Thanks for the advice, just a few questions though
*there are 6 animations in total so would I start each of these functions from mouse events on those individual buttons?
*Would it be a good idea to use enter_frame events to track where the timeline is and to control other things, or can i just use the mouse events on its own to tell the animation to go back 2 frames on a click etc..
*also since i'm relativly new at actionscript I'm having trouble with my document class, maybe im entering functions wrong or just not understanding how i need to write actionscript
but i am unsure where to put my new functions and listeners and such.
currently this is the line i want to put in
levelMC.childmc.childmc.childmc.button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, animationcycle);
        public function animationcycle(event:MouseEvent):void
                trace("when i click on the button this text should show up")
I would assume i can put it in here
Document class
package
     Imports
     public class main extends movieclip
           public function main()
           caching bitmaps and other things i want done on startup
          eventlistener called Listener
          public function Listener ()
               trace("various lines of code");
This is where i assume I can just drop
          levelMC.childmc.childmc.childmc.button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, animationcycle);
          public function animationcycle(event:MouseEvent):void
                trace("when i click on button1 this text should show up")
When I do that I'm getting a acess of undefined propery "levelMC" and "animationcycle"