URGENT! Button on a video track

Hi, I have a client who is interested in my idea of having a button on the video track with which, when it appears, you press enter and it plays a different video track. It acts just like a menu button but appears at a certain point whilst playing a video.
I did this during my degree with great ease in DVD Studio Pro using the subtitle tracks but the company I now work for used Encore CS2 and I can't find anything anywhere which will allow me to do what, really is quite a simple request for an 'industry standard' DVD authoring programme.
Please help as this is urgent! Are we going to have to purchase DVD studio pro as well!?
Thank you,
Tracey

You could just set up a menu, with a video background (your video) and then have the loop point setup so that when your button should appear, it does (since this is technically a menu now, should be no problem).
When you get to the point you want the button to go off screen again (if that is the case), just create a new menu or timeline as the out point of the menu (make sure menu is not set for looping) and link to that one.
Crazy crazy workaround, I know...but maybe it'll work for you and you won't need to go buy another program. This is, unfortunately, a weak section for Encore.

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