Just in case people were interested… here is the swf of the menu I was trying to build using a class and prototypes… and much help from sbeener!!
here ya go
Peace
NEW UPDATED SWF AT END OF THREAD 
Lovely piece of Flash. This deserves the open source section if you ask me. With a loooooong explanation.
pom 
I’d agree with that… kirupa?
heres my final version with all the revisions I wanted
I really agree on the open source thing the more that I think about it… I’d be happy to write a description, just let me know.
the fla is too big to post… sorry, but if someone wants to see the final script… just let me know.
Peace