Goto frame in parent movie clip

I have a movie clip nested with in another movie clip. I was
wonder how i would do a on (release) gotoAndPlay command that would
be able to take me to a frame in the parent movie clip. How do i
jump back the parent movie clips timeline?
thanks,

myChildBtn.onRelease=function(){
myParent.gotoAndPlay(frame);
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>I have a movie clip nested with in another movie clip. I
was wonder how i
> would do a on (release) gotoAndPlay command that would
be able to take me
> to a
> frame in the parent movie clip. How do i jump back the
parent movie clips
> timeline?
>
> thanks,
>

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Now is a good time to manage the library clutter that was just copied in, if you're a clean freak like me.
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I want to do a menu made all in movie clip (NO button). In
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It is working for the roll-over and mousedown for my button
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lalapinerouge,
as far as I can see with your method for buttons, is that it
only reads 1 button inside mon_clip_mc..
I cant figure out why, i've tested it over, made new fla's
with your method, and i still cant get it to work, nor do I
understand why..
I need to study abit more.
Maybe someone in the Forum will have a look at this topic,
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HERE

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I'm using Flash 8 Professional
Here's the swf:
http://208.131.133.122/flash/
And my fla:
http://208.131.133.122/flash/scene.fla
(8MB sorry!)
Right now, when the mouse is in the same _x position as the
last thumbnail, the thumbnails slide gently to the left to reveal
more thumbnails then slide back to the right when the mouse moves
to the left again.
The problem is that they start sliding to the left whether or
not the mouse is over the thumbnail gallery. If the mouse is at the
bottom of the screen or the top of the screen and in the same _x
position as the last thumbnail, they will begin sliding.
I would like the thumbnails to begin sliding only when the
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I added some actionscript to stop the movement of the
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I see that your first wooden button is a 'scroll down' button
which plays through
the length of the thumbnails. Do you mean you want to
replicate and reverse this on the third wooden button 'scroll up' ?
I'm just guessing here but I'd say you accually have your
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1.) You take the scrolling functionality out of a timeline
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Your first wooden button would have this on it.
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Your second wooden button would have this on it.
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