Buttons and input text in movieclip do not respond

this should be really easy but i can’t figure it out and it’s annoying the crap out of me.

i have a movieclip that acts as a sliding menu, with only the right edge showing on the left side of the swf. whenever the user rolls over the edge, the whole thing slides out.

the movieclip acts as a button using:

MC.onRollOver = function(){ }

to slide the menu out when needed. however, this causes the mc to think it’s a button, and the mouse changes to the the hover state (the hand with the finger pointing up), and also will not let the buttons and text inputs be used.

how can i set it up where:

  1. it slides out when rolled over
  2. it does not change the state of the mouse pointer
  3. the user can use buttons, etc contained in the movieclip

thanks for the help, omnislant