Use of gotoAndplay in AS 3.0

Hi,
I am learning and using as 3.0. It is really great.
But now I use some timeline scripts with author-environment
created clips.
clipA contains clip B.
Under clip B, in the script layer, I want to tell clip A to
go to frame 2 with the following script :
this.parent.gotoAndPlay("intro");
I got an error message telling that gotoAndPlay is not
defined.
How can I make such a simple and usual function work?
Thanks

Hi ritpas,
I've been working in a similar way with AS 3.0, with
gotoAndPlay(). Unless I'm not mistaken gotoAndPlay() is not looking
for the name of the movieclip or object, but instead wants
frame-number input.
In addition, I believe your syntax is slightly off. Instead
of this.parent.gotoAndPlay(), I believe it is
parent.this.gotoAndPlay(). You call the parent object first, then
the "sub-object" located in the parent.
So instead of using the script:
this.parent.gotoAndPlay("intro");
try
parent.this.gotoAndPlay(frame_number); // where frame_number
represents the frame you would like to play first.
Hope this helps,
Sam

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