Moving movieclip

Just so it's available, here the rest of the code related to my post:

frame 5: (buttons in position)

stop();
var menuTimer:Number;
var usingButtons=false;
resetTimer();

function onEnterFrame() {
if (this._currentframe==5) {
if (menuTimer<getTimer()/1000 && usingButtons==false && menuTimer!=null) {
gotoAndPlay(this._currentframe+1);
menuTimer=null;
}
}
}

function resetTimer() {
usingButtons=false;
menuTimer=getTimer()/1000+2; //gives user 2 seconds to use a button
}

Add the following to all the buttons:

on(rollOver) {
usingButtons=true;
}

on(rollOut, dragOut) {
resetTimer();
}

I just received some code that will do what I'm looking for...thanks for looking into this -

Code:
var overStatus:Boolean = false;

menuMc.onMouseMove = function() {
if (this.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse, true) and !overStatus) {
overStatus = true;
//onRollOver Actions
} else if(!this.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse, true) and overStatus){
overStatus = false;
//onRollOut Actions
}
updateAfterEvent;
};

Instead of placing your rollOver functions on the movieclip containing the buttons, you may want to put these functions on another movieclip inside and use it as a mouse area to trigger the animation. I'm sure there a lot of ways to do this, but here is how I would set up the clip:

Draw a box in the first frame where you want the mouse area to be and make it into a movieClip. Set the alpha to 0 so the user can't see it. Be sure to add a stop() to this frame so the clip will wait there.

On frame 1 or 2 start the tween for your sliding buttons. Tween them into position, and back out again. Put a stop(); action on the frame where they are in position. Add your onPress to the buttons on this keyframe. (keep buttons on their own layers)
For example:
frame1 or 2: keyframe buttons off screen
frame5: keyframe buttons on screen with stop() & onPress functions
frame 10:keyframe buttons buttons off screen

Next, go back to the movieclip with alpha set to 0 on frame 1. Add the following actionscript to it:
on(rollOver) {
_parent.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

Now when the mouse enters the invisible movieclip in the first frame, it will jump to the next frame and play the slide in animation. If you want to try this I will post details of triggering a slide out animation also. It requires a bit more actionscript.