How can i add buttons to every blade of this interactive wheel? And in turn i want to connect the buttons to a flv playback menu. Any suggestions?

your buttons/movieclip symbols can be placed right on top of ( or replace) each 'blade'.

then they are treated like any other movieclip/button symbol: give them each an instance name and script them in actionscript (an event listener listens for them being clicked, and then tells the video player component to play whichever flv/f4v you want)

some simple code like this could make it work ( note: this code was written outside of flash, so typos and mistakes are likely!):
vid1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeVideo);
vid2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeVideo);
vid3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, changeVideo);

function changeVideo(e:MouseEvent):void {
flvPlayer.source=e.target.name+".flv";
flvPlayer.play();
}

this assumes a FLVPlayback Component with an instance name of 'flvPlayer' and the movieclips/buttons using instance names that correspond to the flvs being played, thus movieclip/button "vid1" plays "vid1.flv" etc

i hope that helps

i don't use AE that much so i won't comment on that

however, what i explained is exactly possible and seems to be what you are asking for. rather than the major problem being having the 'blades' act as 'buttons' ( very easy in flash ) , it is rather to have the 'button' distinguish between a desired 'button click' as opposed to the 'mouse-down' of the drag and drop.

attached is an example illustrating it all. it was an old fashioned rotating television dial that i created for someone years ago. inside the dial movieclip, which has the instance name 'mc', i placed several new movieclips to act as 'buttons'. these are the 'colored blades'. they in turn have instance names corresponding to thier colors. i also added a semi-transparent mask to give it more of the feel of your original example where only half the dial was shown

4399_rotatingdial2.swf.zip

you can rotate the dial with the 'blades' at will via drag and drop ( you already know how to do that...)
each 'blade/button' is coded to listen for a double click, which will trigger a function, in this case to write the name of the 'button' double clicked in the dynamic text field.

if you are not sure how to target one movieclip symbol inside another, it is done with 'dot syntax'.
therefore the movieclip symbol with instance name 'red' inside the dial clip named 'mc'
would be targetted like this: mc.red
example:
mc.red.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, myFunction);

i hope that makes more sense and helps

i am sorry i can't send the original .fla, as it was created for ( and paid for) as part of a job for someone else. i am glad to go over the steps on what to do again if you want. i am assuming that you created the original swf that you posted, so you understand how to make your movieclip, and to create its 'drag and drop' capabilities ( which in these cases equates as a rotating dial)

some steps:
1) create your dial with 'blades'. turn that into a movieclip symbol and give it an instance name ( for instance mine was called 'mc').

2) edit that movieclip symbol ('mc') by double clicking it and enter it's timeline.

3) create a new shape or whateer and turn that into a movieclip symbol. give it an instance name ( mine was called 'red'). place/position it on top of one of the 'blades' of the dial

4) repeat step 3 for all the blades.

5) write your actionscript code for the 'drag and drop' /rotating dial. you already know this since it was part of the original swf that you posted

6) write code for the movieclip/blade/buttons to do what you want them to do. for instance:
mc.red.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, myFunction);

function myFunction(e:MouseEvent):void {
myVideoPlayer.source="redVideo.f4v";
myVideoPlayer.play();
}

i hope that helps. if there are specifics you don't undetrstand, please ask

yes. AS2 and AS3 are not the same, nor not interchangable. sorry, buti do not work in AS2.

maybe try re-posting, but be sure to put AS2 in your subject line

good luck with the project

now i'm confused. so you WERE looking for the code for the drag? i assumed you had that worked out since you made it work in the first sample. did you create that sample or did someone else? and it was in AS1 ??????

i haven't looked at deeply or tested your code, so, presuming it works, it might be able to make it simpler, but i am not sure what the goal is there.

and yes, you do need to enable the double click for it to work correctly