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If are trying to embed button symbols (extended SimpleButton) from Flash CS and the results are not what expected:

[Embed(source="assets/elements.swf", symbol="my_button")]
public static const BUTTON_CLASS:Class;
...
addChild(new BUTTON_CLASS())

try exporting your elements into .swc and attach into Flex project, later in code do:

public static const BUTTON_CLASS:Class = my_button;
...
addChild(new BUTTON_CLASS())

This may also help you capturing Event-s dispatched on custom frame from loaded MovieClips.

sk.yoz.ui.SelectableButton class may be handy for you if you decided to drop framework and make your own lightweight components. It extends SimpleButton (basic ActionScript 3 component) and ads selected state and toggle functionality by switching states on click event. You may want to extend it for selectedUpState, selectedOverState, selectedDownState, feel free to do that.

usage:

import sk.yoz.ui.SelectableButton;

// any graphics here
var upState:DisplayObject;
var overState:DisplayObject;
var downState:DisplayObject
var hitTestState:DisplayObject;

// changes selected state on mouse click
var toggle:Boolean = true;

var button:SelectableButton;
button = SelectableButton(upState, overState, downState, hitTestState, toggle);

// toggle select button without user interaction
button.selected = true;

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