Programming an event to apply to multiple objects

I want to group some objects (movie clips) in a way allowing me program an event that applies to all of the objects.
To be specific, I want to group some buttons in a video player. If the mouse hovers over any one of the buttons, that button's animation will jump to frame 2. How can I do this?
(I figured there is probably an easier way than programming each individual button to jump to frame 2 on mouse over.)

In AS3 the coding might be a bit simpler due to being able to identify the event object (button, etc), but in AS2 I believe the easiest way is to code each button individually. You could always assign the functions conveniently in a loop fashion if the buttons are sequentially named to ease some of the coding burden.
If you were to use a button symbol, it will automatically go to the second (Over) frame without any need for code.

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Sure it can be done but you won't use effects to do it.
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Thanks for you help.
Sharon
/********BGroup.java****************
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import javax.vecmath.*;
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*********************some1Canvas3D.java******************/
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function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
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