Control stage frame from button function

Question

when i press the button
it does the trace but ignore the gotoAndPlay
did i miss anything?
package
  import flash.display.MovieClip;
  import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  public class Main extends MovieClip
  public function Main()
  playgame_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playgame);
  readme_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, pressread);
  function playgame(event:MouseEvent):void
  trace("PLAY has been clicked.");
  gotoAndStop(140);
  function pressread(event:MouseEvent):void
  trace("SHOW has been clicked.");
  gotoAndStop(140);

Answer 1

Since there is no gotoAndPlay() command in the code, I will assume you mean the gotoAndStop() commands.   The code appears fine.  You should place a trace in frame 140 to check to see if it gets there but you do not see it.