[CS3] Play frame in Movie Clip/Boutton

[rodneybf]

Hello all.
I'm creating a simple flash file and I'm having a little issue.
I need to, at a certain time, play the hover state of a button. How can I do that?
I can't do a gotoAndPlay() since it doesn't continue playing and I can't select a frame in a movieclip or a button!

Please help,
rodney

[calmchess]

//timer code 
if (timeVar == someTime){
gotoAndStop(frame num or name);
}; 

I assume you already have a way to determine the time you want to play the hover state of the button.

[rodneybf]

uh, thanks, but actually thats not really what I was thinkin of...

Let me explain a bit better... i have:

An animation (text) with about 20 frames...
underneath I have 4 buttons.

Now at the 5th frame, the first button plays its down state as if I hoved my cursor on it, then at the 13th frame the 2nd button's down state is played too... all that without stoppin the whole timeline.