GotoAnd Play Priority

Question

I hope someone can help but please take it easy on a novice.
In the broadest terms I have a Flash movie with 3 buttons
activating a simple gotoAndPlay action. Each button activates a new
sequence which involves a bar moving across the screen ad different
part of the movie playing, all buttons function correctly but when
one function has been actioned I find that some buttons no longer
action a gotoAndPlay command. I haven't got any error messages but
it seems that once an action has been performed the other buttons
stop working. The gotoAndPlay actions not involving a mouse event
all function correctly.
My action scripts for the buttons are each on a seperate
layer, all gotoAnd Play actions for repeating a sequence or moving
to a new frame are on seperate layers. It's just a guess but I
suspect that there is a priority question concerning gotoAndPlay
depending on what layer it's on and where that layer is.
Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Thanks a lot for your help. You may not have directly solved
the problem but you did make me think differently about the
problem. Essentially the problem occurred because two of my
gotoAndPlay actions returned to a frame that was after the action
script frames, which obviously meant that although the button was
still clickable there was no code available to action. Pretty
stupid mistake but it's thanks to people like yourself that makes
it highly unlikely I will make the same mistake again. Hopefully
you won't think I have wasted your time.
Mnay Thanks