Tween and buttons

Hi,
I'm working with flash for the 1st time...I need to build an
application which has a main screen on which there are numerous
buttons clicking one of this which is at the very right of the
drawing it starts a tweening effect which brings a new screen on
the main one from right to left until covering it...clicking once
again on the same button the second screen is hidden going back.
The source images are .psd that I drew...this work should be
simply an application having other functionalities but, first of
all, I would like to complete this first session and I don't know
how because I'm a very new user of flash...could you halp me
please?
thanx

import mx.transitions.Tween;
var tw:Tween
// btncover starting _y
button1.btncoverStartY = button1.btncover._y;
// btncover end _y. this probably isn't correct. adjust as needed
button1.btncoverEndY = button._y
button1.onRollOver=function(){
tw = new Tween(this.btncover, "_y", mx.transitions.easing.Elastic.easeOut,this.btncover._y, this.btncoverEndY, 1, true);
button1.onRollOut=function(){
tw = new Tween(this.btncover, "_y", mx.transitions.easing.Elastic.easeOut,this.btncover._y, this.btncoverStartY, 1, true);

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