As3 button inside imported swf

Hi all,
I have a site where an .swf is loaded into frame 11 of the main timeline using newLoader().
In this .swf there is an titlebuttons_mc with seven buttons in, images_mc etc.
How do i navigate back to, background_mc, frame 40, which is on frame 1 of the main timeline.
Thanks for any help
s1976h

if the code for the buttons is on the external swf's main timeline, you would use:
titlebuttons_mc.buttonwhatever.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,f):
function f(e:MouseEvent){
MovieClip(e.currentTarget.parent.parent).background_mc.gotoAndStop(40);
if the code for the buttons is on the timeline of titlebuttons_mc's timeline, you would use:
buttonwhatever.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,f);
function f(e:MouseEvent){
MovieClip(parent.parent.parent).background_mc.gotoAndStop(40);

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