The 2nd parameter seems to be necessary :
jQuery(‘a’).hover(DP_checkLink, function (){});

i just want to execute button actions, which allow one nested movie to effect its “parent”, “uncle” and “great uncle” movie clips (sorry for my non-precise hierarchical terms).

i already know that actions are no longer assigned to symbols, but rather to the first frame of a time line. i also feel i know how to use current dot syntax to identify a symbol’s location within the hierarchy tree, as well as how to use “addEventListener”.

i believe that the only additional fix i need is to have some simple string of code, which allows flash to recognize these nested symbols as movies. i’m not sure about the terminology i’m using, but i believe, from my research, that the solution involves using “trace”, “mouseChildren” or “mouseEnabled” (as you did for this purpose?).

anyway, i’ll show you what i did, so you can take a look. first off, here is the symbol hierarchy:

scene 1: main movie timeline
…- mb (movie clip)
…..+ mbon (parent of button in question)
…….* tog (button in question)
…..+ mbse (“uncle” of button in question)
…- s1 (“great uncle” of button in question)

and here is the as3 action script that i assigned to the first frame of the main timeline:

mb.mbon.tog.mouseEnabled = false;
s1.mouseEnabled = false;
mb.mbse.mouseEnabled = false;
mb.mbon.mouseEnabled = false;
mb.mbon.tog.mouseChildren = false;
s1.mouseChildren = false;
mb.mbse.mouseChildren = false;
mb.mbon.mouseChildren = false;

root.mb.mbon.tog.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
fl_ClickOnToSe);

function fl_ClickOnToSe(event:MouseEvent):void
{
root.s1.gotoAndStop(“se”);
root.mb.mbse.gotoAndStop(“on”);
root.mb.mbon.gotoAndStop(“off”);
}

i believe i just need to know what code to write and where to place it. anything you can do to either correct what i’ve done or add to it, or any suggestions of elsewhere i can look would be greatly appreciated. thank you thanks for considering helping out a stranger!