Tracking button active state?

Hi -
I have three pages within a section of a site - when the user
clicks on a text button to go there, I'd like the text link to show
active. In this case, the text is black - when you rollover it
becomes red. So, when you're on a page, I'd like the text button
for that page to be red, the other two to be black - and so on. Is
there a way to do this with AS?
Thanks

I'm surprised this isn't possible...I'll keep looking.

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button1.buttonMode = true;
button2.buttonMode = true;
button3.buttonMode = true;
button4.buttonMode = true;
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function outFunction(e: MouseEvent): void {
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