Button in movie clip linking to next frame

I've included a button in a movie clip on frame 1 of the main
timeline. The button has a motion tween that ends on frame 76 of
the movie clip. I want the button to link to frame 2 on the main
timeline. However, when I test the movie, it cycles endlessly
without stopping at the end of the movie clip to allow the user to
click on the button.
Here's the AS3 code I put on the Actions layer on Frame 76 of
the movie clip:
stop();
link_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,link_btnClick);
function link_btn(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop(2);
Any ideas? It's for school and I need it done tonight or
tomorrow morning by 8 a.m. Central. Yikes.

I'm getting compiler errors S1061 and S1120 attached to code:
link_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,link_btnClick);
S1061:
Call to a possibly undefined method addEventListener through
a reference with static type Function.
S1120:
Access of undefined property link_btnClick.
I don't know what the errors mean. Anybody?

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