Buttons inside symbol to activate action on main timeline

Hello I currently have a scrollable symbol placed on my stage. Inside that symbol are buttons which when clicked I want to use to hide and show different images on my stage. I can currently get the roll over images to work but when clicked they do nothing. Each button has an action of when clicked show"name of image" hide"all other images"
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Hi, Tim Jaramillo
I have an identical problem I hope you can help. I have been puzzling with the parameters and set-up of the piece of code for a “slider” Left/Right you published here 3 days ago.
With the code available in Edge script panel, I try to address the main stage from de images in the “slider” symbol. When you click a thumbnail in the “slider” you see the right picture on the stage. Is it possible for you to explain how to do that?
Thanks
Santos
File_sliderLR

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