Navigating the Timeline from Movieclip

Hi there
I'm hoping someone can help me with this. I have created a
scrolling image gallery in Flash which works fine from the Timeline
(Scene 1). Now I am using it inside a movie clip called gallery I
need to know how to get it to load the images into the main loading
area now that it is within a movie clip. The code that makes the
images load into the loading area at the moment is this
on(press){
_root.the_entire_gallery.gotoAndPlay("pic5");
I'm assuming that now it is inside a movie clip I need to add
something other than _root. to get it to access the images but I
don't know what. I've tried _parent but to be honest I'm clutching
at straws as I don't really understand what it does.
Hope someone can help.
Thanks

Hi there
I have tried both the solutions you suggested without any
luck. Is there a way I can send you a copy of the fla and you will
be able to see how it is set up?
Perhaps a simpler example is the button inside the gallery
movieclip, this doesn't work from inside here either it has the
following code on it ...
on (press) {
_root.gotoAndStop("sketchbook");
...that let's it work from the main timeline but now that the
frame label "sketchbook" is inside the gallery movieclip how do I
get it to reference that because nothing is happening as I take it
_root. is pointing it to the main timeline?
I have tried on (press) { gallery.gotoAndStop("sketchbook");
I know it all works if I don't put it into a movieclip but I
want to have everything neat and tidy on the timeline. It would
really help to be able to send you the fla.
Thanks, Jo

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