Well I'm frantically searching the internet for documentation on how to use movieclips as buttons instead of Flash buttons in Flash 5. This may be more recent functionality but I have yet to find out. Can this be done in VMP?

similar in Flash 8:

hitareaRear_mc.onRollOver = function()
{
fscommand("MTSAssignProperty", "Target=MTSScene::crsr; Value=MTSCursor::MTS_Point");
hitareaRear_mc._alpha = 40;
}
hitareaRear_mc.onRollOut = function()
{
hitareaRear_mc._alpha = 0;
}

ok nevermind! I found another post that says you have to use flash buttons. Besides I can find no documentation on how to use rollovers within Flash 5 movieclips. This may have been a 2004 mx function.

Yes, you have to use buttons if you want to capture mouse events with them.

Regards