Jumping from Main Timeline to a specific frame of a MovieClip

Hello there!
I'm a begginer with Flash... and I am attending a course of fundamentals of Flash... so I apologize if my doubt is a too obvious answer to some of you.
The situation is as follows:
I'm using Action Script 2.0 --- I'm obligated to in the course I'm attending.
I have a main timeline that has 3 frames. On the 2nd frame I have a movieclip named mc_nbr. On the 3rd frame I have a button "voltar" that when pressed I want it to "Go and Stop/Play" at frame 3 of the movieclip (that is embedded on frame 2 of the main timeline).
I used the folowing code for the button btn_voltar:
on (press)
_root.mc_nbr.gotoAndStop("3");
I tried as well with
on (press)
this.mc_nbr.gotoAndStop("3");
None of them works!
I tried to see wheather the button even works and it does.
I included a input text box and the stament before the code shown above like the one that follows:
feedback.text = "Pressionei o botão!";
So the part missing (and the important one) is jumping to the movieclip. I can't figure out how to do it !!!
I uploaded the "project" at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6M581US
Could anyone, please help me.
Thank You for your feedback.

Ron ron,
Thank you for your help... but either I'm not following You or I'm doing something really wrong.
I tried what you suggested but it doesn't solve my problem...
Were we talking about the same button ? (btn_voltar, from the 3rd frame)
Could you take a look at my file in http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6M581US ??

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Thanks again.

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Sounds stupid, but I'm barely stepping up from AS 1.0, and
3.0 is super cool, but also making my head spin. I'm knee deep in
learning C# and AS 2.0 as it is, as well as working in VS 2005 for
the first time, and I'm working very hard to get all of my asp.NET
software to be running data driven Flash AS 3.0 UIs.
So this stupid noob question when answered, is going to help
a ton, and I've searched for hours so far, and finally resorted to
just tuckin the tail and asking for help. HELP! :) Thanks,
Chris

Hi, you can set an instance name( for example mcClip ). Then
you can access everything in this clip ( including gotoAndPlay
using dot: mcClip.gotoAndPlay

Flash CS6 requires trace from main timeline to embed flex assets

I've been repeatedly advised on twitter by the @CreativeCloud account to make a thread on this subject.
This only occurs with large projects that use a lot of memory. I have tried to recreate the problem with the minimum amount of code but it is not possible. This issue does not occur with only the flex.swc, a class file and a .fla project. Changing the value in jvm.ini makes no difference. Importing other swcs makes no difference. Please re-read this line before responding.
The issue: If I include flex.swc to use the [Embed] tag feature in a class file with Flash CS6, the feature will silently fail. The assets will return the value of null.This issue has existed since Flash CS5 dropped support for flex and has caused our company to lose hundreds of hours in programming workarounds for the problem. We are exceptionally disappointed in Adobe for encouraging use of [Embed] tags and then leaving us with scores of broken projects that cannot be compiled in the latest version of the Flash IDE.
However: this week I discovered that the problem disappears if I import the class on the timeline and trace() the value of any asset in the class. Importing the class is not the part that solves the problem. If I have the "omit trace" checkbox ticked, the assets still return null. It is only when the assets are fed to trace() that they begin to exist.
Think this through for a second.
The workaround for a critical bug in Flash is solved by trace(). "Hello World!" is the solution to the Flash IDE's ongoing mismanagement of memory.
I can't even begin to wrap my head around how stupid this situation is. Or even how much money has been lost trying to deal with the situation.
I don't even expect a workaround or solution in response to this because we already have a workaround - even though it is insane.

I've been repeatedly advised on twitter by the @CreativeCloud account to make a thread on this subject.
This only occurs with large projects that use a lot of memory. I have tried to recreate the problem with the minimum amount of code but it is not possible. This issue does not occur with only the flex.swc, a class file and a .fla project. Changing the value in jvm.ini makes no difference. Importing other swcs makes no difference. Please re-read this line before responding.
The issue: If I include flex.swc to use the [Embed] tag feature in a class file with Flash CS6, the feature will silently fail. The assets will return the value of null.This issue has existed since Flash CS5 dropped support for flex and has caused our company to lose hundreds of hours in programming workarounds for the problem. We are exceptionally disappointed in Adobe for encouraging use of [Embed] tags and then leaving us with scores of broken projects that cannot be compiled in the latest version of the Flash IDE.
However: this week I discovered that the problem disappears if I import the class on the timeline and trace() the value of any asset in the class. Importing the class is not the part that solves the problem. If I have the "omit trace" checkbox ticked, the assets still return null. It is only when the assets are fed to trace() that they begin to exist.
Think this through for a second.
The workaround for a critical bug in Flash is solved by trace(). "Hello World!" is the solution to the Flash IDE's ongoing mismanagement of memory.
I can't even begin to wrap my head around how stupid this situation is. Or even how much money has been lost trying to deal with the situation.
I don't even expect a workaround or solution in response to this because we already have a workaround - even though it is insane.

Execute functions in document class when main timeline reaches a frame

Hi,
I have 3 functions in my main document class that I want to execute when the main timeline reaches a particular frame number.
how do I do that?
see the code and comments
public function mainClass()
//stage declaraction
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, stageResized);
//wrap these next 3 lines in an if statement that says if maintimeline currentframe = x
position();
loadXml();
initArrowButtons();
slideTimer = new Timer(timer_delay);
slideTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, nextSlide);

It's still undocumented, but something like this would do it:
package
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    public class FrameScript extends MovieClip
        public function FrameScript()
            addFrameScript( 3, frameFour );
        private function frameFour():void
            trace( "you have reached Frame 4" );
You can test this as a documentclass.

How to target button in movieclip back to main timeline

Hello!
I have some submenu buttons in a movieclip on the mainline. My first level of navigation in on main timeline. The submenus are grouped in movieclips on the main timeline. I basically used the same code on the main navigation for the sub navigation except the code for the submenus is in that movie clip. My trace statement reads the button is clicked (which was a quantum leap for me) but I know I need some kind of _parent code in there so it knows to go to label back on main timeline. Can anyone help?? I feel like I am so close.
Also is this an ok way to set this up? I couldn't figure out how to do it in one frame. Any help would be so appreciated. I didn't realize this basic framework was going to be so difficult.
Here is link:
http://www.sandraschmitt.com/coclico/index2.html
Thanks!!
Sandra
Here is my code that is on the submenu movieclip:
Code:
stop();
fall.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickSection);
spring.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickSection);
function clickSection(evtObj:MouseEvent){
     //trace shows what's happening... in the output window
     trace ("The "+evtObj.target.name+" button was clicked!")
     //go to the section clicked on...
     gotoAndStop(evtObj.target.name);

One reason I'll never win any awards for my design outlook is because I often follow... if it works, use it. There are many ways to approach a design and yours is just fine if you understand it. If it was going to crash something, it would have happened by now. Some people will go to the extreme of having absolutely no code in a file, some even no library content, writing it all into class files, and not out of necessity, but out of simply believing it's the better way, or a challenge to prove their abilities... They can have it. There is a practicality involved with design that allows one to make judgement calls, and if you judge that your design approach is practical for what you understand or for what meets the needs of the project, then you have every right to follow your own path.
That said... in the event someone should inherit your work somewhere down the road, that's when your approach may fall victim to judgement... if someone cannot follow it or is having trouble putting all the pieces together, or finding them, then you become the fall-person for the whining that ensues. But you're not likely to have to hear about it. Still, someday, if you find yourself in a position where you inherit someone's design... and you start whining about how they did it, you'll come to appreciate the reasons for giving consideration to how you approach your designs.

Jumping from Main Timeline to a specific frame of a MovieClip

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