Controling frame move from outside movieclip

programming flash
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Hi everyone :slight_smile:

I have this function :

function swapstate(newpage) {
    for(var a in nav_left){
        if (nav_left[a]._name != newpage) {
            nav_left[a].gotoAndStop(1);
        } else {
            nav_left[a].gotoAndStop(3);   
        }
    }
}

… which is supposed to be triggered from within movieclips like this :

onSelfEvent (press) {
_root.swapstate(_name);
}

As you can see, it’s made in order to change the look of a button when clicked and to also show a different look to the other buttons in the same movieclip container.

The problem is that gotoAndStop isn’t triggered.
I assume the syntax is wrong :frowning:

Huge thanks to the ones who will help :slight_smile: