ActionScript 2.0 :: F8 - Loading Dynamic Text Using For Loop

I'm creating a searchable database in Flash where all the content loads dynamically from external sources. the main interface is columns of buttons where clicking in the first column sends the user to a named frame with a second column of buttons, then onto the third column then the final content is loaded into a new movie clip. The interface uses just one button(a movie clip) and the columns of buttons are created with a duplicateMovieClip function. that part works fine. However I can't get the button labels to load from an external text file even though I'm using the explicit button names, and I can't get the buttons to react to clicks even though they're "hot", i.e., the cursor changes when I mouse over them. the button behaviors use the dynamic button names.

Here's my code:
//creates a load Variables object
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load("text/patent01NumbersText.txt");
//this makes a column of duplicate button movie clips
for (i=0;i<13;i++){
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