Play Animation

I want to play the animation from the stage. I used this -> sym.play("complete");
to call the animation.
"complete" refers to the label which I put in the timeline. I do not know why this does not work. The animation will not play. Usually the animations will work fine when I used that set of codes to call for it.
I have also tried this set of codes -> sym.getSymbol("tower_sym").play("fade-in");
: this is because, the animation is actually the tower_sym, and it will play accordingly at the "complete" mark in the animation.
These are a portion of my codes.
//BOX FOR RIVET
                            }else if(_this.name=="box-for-rivet"){
                                        //console.log("drag :"+model.get("draggedRivet")+" heated: "+model.get("heatedRivet")+" dropped: "+model.get("droppedRivet"));
                                        if(item==="rivet"&&rivetHeated==true){
                                                  //console.log("hahaha4");
                                                  controller.setRivetPlaced(true);
                                                  sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("down-arrow").play("st and-still");
                                                  if(rivetHeadHeated==false){
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("flame-arrow").pl ay("indicate-burn");
                                                  }else if(rivetHeadPlaced==false){
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("up-arrow").play( "indicate-up");
                                                  }else{          //both heated and placed
                                                            sym.$("datadiv").data("progress","done");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("flame-arrow").pl ay("disappear");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("box").play("disa ppear");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("box-for-rivet"). play("disappear");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("box-for-head").p lay("disappear");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("down-arrow").pla y("indicate-press");
                                                            sym.$("rivet").draggable( "option", "disabled", true );
                                                            sym.$("rivet-head").draggable( "option", "disabled", true );
//PLAY THE TOWER ANIMATION - i want the tower animation to play here
sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("tower").play();
                                                  } //end of BOX FOR RIVET
                                                  sym.$("rivet").css({top:-170,left:-180});
                                        }else if(item==="rivet-head"&&rivetHeadHeated===true){
                                                  sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("up-arrow").play("indi cate-up");
                                        }else if(rivetHeated==false||rivetHeadHeated==false){
                                                  sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("flame-arrow").play("i ndicate-burn");
          //BOX FOR RIVET HEAD: EDIT CURSOR POSITION HERE
                        }else if(_this.name=="box-for-head"){
                    if(item==="rivet-head"&&rivetHeadHeated==true){
                                                  controller.setRivetHeadPlaced(true);
                                                  sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("up-arrow").play("stan d-still");
                                                  if(rivetHeated==false){
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("flame-arrow").pl ay("indicate-burn");
                                                  }else if(rivetPlaced==false){
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("down-arrow").pla y("indicate-down");
                                                  }else{          //both heated and placed
                                                            sym.$("datadiv").data("progress","done");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("flame-arrow").pl ay("disappear");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("box").play("disa ppear");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("box-for-rivet"). play("disappear");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("box-for-head").p lay("disappear");
                                                            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("down-arrow").pla y("indicate-press");
                                                            sym.$("rivet").draggable( "option", "disabled", true );
                                                            sym.$("rivet-head").draggable( "option", "disabled", true );
//but the animation will only play here, but it will gove me other errors then. Like displaying text overlays on click reset.
                                                  sym.$("rivet-head").css({top:210,left:250});
                                        }else if(item==="rivet"&&rivetHeated===true){
                                                  sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("down-arrow").play("in dicate-down");
                                        }else if(rivetHeated==false||rivetHeadHeated==false){
                                                  sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("flame-arrow").play("i ndicate-burn");
}//end of box for rivet head
Does anyone ever encounter this kind of error?
Thank you.

Hi there,
It might help the community better if you post a link to a .zip file of your Edge Animate files. That way people can take a closer look to help you troubleshoot this issue. : )
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