button in movie clip

[cinciem]

I have been out of the loop for a while.

Can someone please refresh my memory. I have a group of buttons in a movie clip. I need them to affect the main timeline. I have tried

on(release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(framelabel);
}

and this is not working.

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[jimburton]

Make sure the frame label is in quotes:

on(release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("myFrame");
}

and that the action is on the button...if that's still not working
for you, do you have more info?

[SlumberJack]

Your script should be correct... it sounded correct, but I just tested real quick to make sure.

In my example, there were 4 layers for the main stage (timeline)...
- Actions: [key] Frame 1 had stop () command
- Labels: [key] Frame 2 labeled "playhere"
- Button: [key] Frame 1 had button symbol within a MC
- Motion: [Key] Frame 2 had a box tween to [Key] frame 10

Button actionscript:

on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("playhere");
}

Worked fine.

[cinciem]

thanks for your help. I think my setttings on the boards are messed up I just got your responses.