Passing global variable names?

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Hello -
anyone have any idea how i might go about making this a little more managable?
i have about 40 “buttons” that all run the same way -

[list]
[]set a unique variable to true on rollover and false on rollout
[]on rollover check every frame to see if its still onrollover and move the the timeline of the mc calling this function accordinglly (perfect tween - ch8, flash to the core)
[*]and so on
[/list]i can pass everything i need to get this doen to one generic function except the actual name of the _root.uniqueVAR - so all i came up with was this insane if/else stuff –

any ideas on how to clean up this mess?

many many thanks in advance -

About Button:

on(rollOver){
	[color=DarkRed]**_root.aboutVAR**[/color]=true;
	this.overme("aboutVAR");
}
on(rollOut){
	_root.aboutVAR=false;
}

Products Button:

on(rollOver){
   [color=DarkRed]** _root.productVAR**[/color]=true;
	this.overme("productVAR");
}
on(rollOut){
	_root.productVAR=false;
}

TimeLine AS:

MovieClip.prototype.overme=function(jumbo){
if ((jumbo=="aboutVAR")&&(_root.transStatus!="about")&&(_root.transActive!="2")){
		this.onEnterFrame=function(){
			if (**[color=DarkRed]_root.aboutVAR[/color]**) {
				this.nextFrame();
    		} else if ((**[color=DarkRed]_root.aboutVAR[/color]** != true) && (this._currentframe<=1)){
				 delete this.onEnterFrame;
    		}else if  ((**[color=DarkRed]_root.aboutVAR[/color]** !=true)&&(_root.transStatus!="about")){
				this.prevFrame();
			}
		} 
	//START PRODUCTS///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	}else if ((jumbo=="[color=Black]productVAR[/color]")&&(_root.transStatus!="products")&&(_root.transActive!="2")){
		this.onEnterFrame=function(){
			if (**[color=DarkRed]_root.productVAR[/color]**) {
				this.nextFrame();
		} else if (([color=DarkRed]**_root.productVAR**[/color] != true) && (this._currentframe<=1)){
				 delete this.onEnterFrame;
		}else if ((**[color=DarkRed]_root.productVAR[/color]** !=true)&&(_root.transStatus!="products")){
				this.prevFrame();
			}
		}
};