UIButton control array and getting action to fire

Question

I've got a screen with several buttons (like the Stocks App's time period buttons) I put them into a control array and can get them to draw just as I want to on a page.
My problem is, I can't get any buttons in the control array to fire and call the action method for the button(s). The event doesn't get triggered. If I take the buttons out of the array, they'll fire fine, but I'm trying to write some compact code.
Am I doing something wrong, or is this by design?
Here's some code from my init:
for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
UIButton *actionButton = [[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect] retain];
actionButton.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 35, 20);
[actionButton setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
[actionButton setAlpha:.05];
[actionButton addTarget:self action:@selector(actionButtonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[actionButton addTarget:self action:@selector(actionButtonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[actionButton setEnabled:YES];
[actionButtons addObject:actionButton];
[actionButton release];
}

Answer 1

I see I didn't cut and paste in that last post very well. But I'm revisiting this issue and I'm still stuck!
Let me restate my question:
If I create UIButton on my UIView, I can set the action and tie it to a method, using code like this:
[actionButton addTarget:self action:@selector(actionButtonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside]
-Creating the UIButton - easy to do
-Adding Action to the button - easy to do
-Getting the method to trigger from an action on the button - easy to do.
That's Great!
I however, want to create an array of UIButtons:
Creating the Array of UIButtons - easy to do
Adding Actions to each button before I add it to the array - easy to do
Getting the method to trigger from an action on the button in the array - *I'm lost!*
The event just doesn't fire. Is it because the button is in an array? Help!