Timeline control

Hello.
I have been having an issue with Flash buttons and
actionsript. I am using Flash MX 2004... I have a file with 4 or
more scenes. There are stop(); actions to make sure that the user
has a choice and can interact with the content of the file. Within
each scene are buttons to help the user navigate to each additional
scene he or she selects.
Unfortunately, the current actionscript that I have applied
to the buttons returns incorrectly or works once and then changes
where it is supposed to go. I have checked to make sure that there
aren't any stray actions in the frames and that the actions for the
Flash buttons are only applied to the buttons themselves (objects).
I am using the following ActionScript to control the
navigation between frames or scenes. ---> example
on (release){
gotoAndStop("Scene 2" , 'frame 1');
I have tried gotoAndPlay() as well, but again, either it
works or it sifts through all of the scenes without any rhyme or
reason. Anyone know the correct way to point to other scenes or
frames in Flash that are reliable. This used to work for me in the
past.
Any suggestions would mean a lot to me.
Thanks,
Keith

Hello.
I tried
_root.gotoAndPlay(); and had the same results as
gotoAndPlay();
Is there anything else I should/could try
Thanks,
Keith

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