Need help going from as2 to as3 with root

Hi guys I'm only just getting into AS2, back then I would use _root to access the root of the timeline.
I am trying ot do the same thing in AS but have been unsuccesful
I've tried
MovieClip(root).myinstancename_mc.gotoAndStop(2);
but get
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at myfile_fla::viewback_mc_5/manageMouseClick()[myfile_fla.viewback_mc_5::frame1:8]
Any help would be great

if you had a movieclip with instance name myinstancename_mc on the root timeline when that code executed, you wouldn't see that error message. ie, there's nothing wrong with your syntax.
the most common problems would be typos, myinstancename_mc in more than one keyframe and myinstancename_mc not existing when that code executes.

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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:49:14 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Please help 'Translate' These codes from AS2 to AS3 for me
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