Parent/Action Script advise, please

Hello
I am posting to ask for some advice. I have Flash MX 2004.
I have a series of thumbnails (Movie Clips) which seem to be
arranged over two layers (layers 1 and 2). Layer 1 holds each
individual thumbnail (movie clip) in several keyframes, so that
with Layer 1 highlighted, when I click on frame 1 I can see
thumbnail no. 1 on the stage, when I click on frame 2 I see only
thumbnail 2 on the stage, when I click on frame 3 I see only
thumbnail 3 on the stage, etc.
I see no Action Script when I click through the frames:
Layer 2, however, does appear to hold Action Script. Please
see here:
http://www11.brinkster.com/stevehigham/parent.html
When I click on Layer 2 frame 1 I can see Action Script for
the first thumnail:
gotoAndStop(_parent._name);
When I click on frame 2 I can see my second thumbnail, but
the same script:
gotoAndStop(_parent._name);
When I click on frame 3 I can see my third thumbnail, but
again the same script:
gotoAndStop(_parent._name);
I am trying to get my limited cognitive ability to grasp how
the file works (I bought it as a template) so that I can change it.
I wish to ask two questions. Does the gotoAndStop(_parent._name);
mean that every time I click on thumbnail 1 I go to this file:
--> _parent._name?
And does it mean that every time I click on thumbnail 2 I
also go to this file: --> _parent._name? Does it also mean that
every time I click on thumbnail 3 I go to the same file: -->
_parent._name?
When I go to Ctrl + Enter and click on the thumnails
(regardless of which one it is), I am always taken to the same
place. Is it this script, the _parent._name that takes me there? If
so, my second question concerns how can I change it - what is it in
the script that I need to change - so that each thumbnail takes me
to a different place?
Many thanks for reading such a long message!
Steve

Hello kglad
Thank you for your message.
In relation to your comment:
'you need to label your frame and you probably are supposed
to load that swf into another swf'.
How do I do that? If I create something new on my stage in a
new layer in the first frame how to I change the Action Script so
that when the thumbnail is clicked, I go to that particular frame
in that particular layer?
Thank you for your help.
Steve
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